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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Dozaburo (?)

c. 1789
Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)
31.9 × 14.7 cm (12.6 × 5.8 in)

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