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Actors NAKAYAMA TOMISABURO AND ONOUYE YEZABURO

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) 歌川豊重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; 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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Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 2nd as Kujaku Saburo(?)

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Fireworks at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku hanabi), Number 98 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Sumo Games at Ryōgoku Attracting a Large Crowd

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