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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”)

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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”), About 1768. Color woodblock print; hosoban.

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Color woodblock print; hosoban · 31.7 × 14.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”)
Artist
Katsukawa Shunshô 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Date
About 1768
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions
31.7 × 14.3 cm (12 1/2 × 5 5/8 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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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”) · Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768
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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”), Katsukawa Shunsho

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