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The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin by Tōshūsai Sharaku — VisualArtsDB

The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin

The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku

1794

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 38.5 × 25.6 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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