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Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles by Shunbaisai Hokuei — VisualArtsDB

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles

Shunbaisai Hokuei

1830–1839

Medium: Folding album; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (19.1 x 13.3 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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