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Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō

Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō

Katsukawa Shunsho

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Actor ōtani Hiroji 3rd as a White Fox disguised as Ukishima Daihachi from the play Shinsadame Sōma no Mombi performed at the Ichimura Theater from the seventh month of 1770

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Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

Actor Nakamura Sukegorō 2nd as Kaminari Shōkurō in the play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the second month of 1780

Actor Nakamura Sukegorō 2nd as Kaminari Shōkurō in the play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the second month of 1780

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The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I in an Unidentified Role

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1771 (?)

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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1772 (?)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hakamadare Yasusuke or Watanabe no Tsuna (?) in the Play Shintenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo, from the play "Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1780

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Actor Matsumoto Koshirō 2nd

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Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

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