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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō

Katsukawa Shunsho

1780

Medium: One sheet of a pentaptych woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 12 11/32 x 5 5/8 in. (31.4 x 14.3 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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