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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hachiman Taro Yoshiie (?) in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fourth Month, 1775 (?)

c. 1775
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych
31.1 × 14.2 cm (12.2 × 5.6 in)

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