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Utagawa Kunisada I

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeomaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1832

1832
Color woodblock print; vertical shikishiban diptych, surimono
43.7 × 19.3 cm (17.2 × 7.6 in)

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