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The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Soga no Goro by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

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The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Soga no Goro

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Soga no Goro

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Soga no Goro

Okumura Masanobu

1739–1749

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, urushi-e
Dimensions: 69.6 × 12.6 cm (27 7/16 × 5 in.); Mat: 95.3 × 45.8 cm (37 1/2 × 18 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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