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Actor Nakamura Nakazō 1st as Kume no Heinaizaemon disguised as Street Fortune-Teller Kōsaka Jinnai in the play Kotobuke Banzei Soga, performed at the Ichimura Theater from the fifth month of 1783

Edo period, 1783 (5th month)

Artists

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

One sheet from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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