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Torii Kiyonobu II

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Juro in the play "Hanabusa Bunshin Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1733 (?)

c. 1733
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
33 × 16.2 cm (13 × 6.4 in)

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