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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Tsuzuki Denshichi by Utagawa Toyokuni — VisualArtsDB

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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Tsuzuki Denshichi

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Tsuzuki Denshichi

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Tsuzuki Denshichi

Utagawa Toyokuni

1804

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (38.7 × 26 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Based on the play Kanjin kanmon tekuda no hajimari (漢人韓文手管始) performed at the Ichimura Theater in the 9th month of 1804.

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