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Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 2nd as Kujaku Saburo(?) by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

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Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 2nd as Kujaku Saburo(?)

Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 2nd as Kujaku Saburo(?)

Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 2nd as Kujaku Saburo(?)

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1794

Medium: Left sheet from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"
Dimensions: Paper: H. 30.8 cm x W. 14.3 cm (12 1/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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