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Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjūrō V by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Katsukawa Shunsho

1780–1789

Medium: Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (left): 10 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (27.6 × 14 cm) Image (right): 10 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (27.6 × 14.6 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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