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The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu by Nishimura Shigenaga — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu

Nishimura Shigenaga

1738–1748

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, urushi-e
Dimensions: 65.5 × 15.3 cm (25 3/4 × 6 in.); Mat: 76.2 × 57.2 cm (30 × 22 1/2 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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