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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe in the Play Haru no Nishiki Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1790

c. 1790
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
30.4 × 13.8 cm (12 × 5.4 in)

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