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Tōshūsai Sharaku

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famous Poem (Uruo Toshi Meika no Homare)," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1794

1794
Color woodblock print, oban
31.7 × 21.7 cm (12.5 × 8.5 in)

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