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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as the Shinto Priest Goinosuke Disguised as the Spirit of a White Heron, in the Play Sakikaese Yuki no Miyoshino, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.6 × 14.5 cm (12.8 × 5.7 in)

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