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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II by Utagawa Kunisada I — VisualArtsDB

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Utagawa Kunisada I

1817

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 38.9 × 26.4 cm (15 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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