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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th AS A PRIEST

Artists

Katsukawa ShunkōArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Braving the Snow, Our Troops Capture the Stronghold at Weihaiwei

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1895 (Meiji 28)

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Deity Listening to Courtier Playing Flute: The Sagoromo Captain (Sagoromo no taishō), from the series Three Gentlemen of Japanese Literature (Washo sankōshi)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1819-1820

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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II (right), Iwai Hanshirō IV (center), and Onoe Matsusuke I (left)

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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