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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota by Utagawa Kunisada I — VisualArtsDB

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota

Utagawa Kunisada I

1853

Medium: Color woodblock print; sheet from oban triptych?
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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