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The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II in an Unidentified Role by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1788–1798

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)
Dimensions: 33 × 14.8 cm (13 × 5 13/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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