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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Chichibu no Shigetada by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Chichibu no Shigetada

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Chichibu no Shigetada

Katsukawa Shunsho

1768–1778

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)
Dimensions: 28.7 × 13.8 cm (11 5/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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