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Tōshūsai Sharaku

東洲斎写楽画 「市川鰕蔵」竹村定之進 『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna

1794
Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper
36.7 × 23.7 cm (14.4 × 9.3 in)

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