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The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II

The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1790–1799

Medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban diptych? (right: 1939.1807)
Dimensions: 32.5 × 14.3 cm (12 13/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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