Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

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Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”), About 1764. Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?).

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Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?) · 31.6 × 14.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Date: About 1764
Medium: Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?)
Dimensions: 31.6 × 14.2 cm (12 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1726–1792

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

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Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

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