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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of the Warrior Ki no Natora, in Kiku no En Mukashi no Miyako

c. 1791
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.4 × 13.5 cm (11.6 × 5.3 in)

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