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The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Man Armed with a Sword by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Man Armed with a Sword

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Man Armed with a Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1789

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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