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The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1790–1799

Medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban diptych? (left: 1939.1806)
Dimensions: 32.5 × 14.5 cm (12 13/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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