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The Actor Ichikawa Raizo as Soga No Goro by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

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The Actor Ichikawa Raizo as Soga No Goro

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo as Soga No Goro

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo as Soga No Goro

Katsukawa Shunsho

1774–1776

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 33 x 15.2 cm (13 x 6 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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Soga No Goro was the hero of a play dealing with the revenge of the Soga brothers upon the slayer of their father.

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