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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lady-in-Waiting Suho Disguised as Tsunokuniya Tsuna, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.5 × 15 cm (12.4 × 5.9 in)

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