The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left) by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left)

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left)

Katsukawa Shunsho

1766–1776

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions: 30.6 × 13.5 cm (12 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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