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Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画 二世坂東三津五郎の石井源蔵 『花菖蒲文禄曽我』|Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"

ca. 1794
Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper

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