Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyû in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho

Title

Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyû in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1759–1769

Medium

Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?)

Dimensions

33.8 × 14.5 cm (13 × 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.726

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