The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?)

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The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?), c. 1765. Color woodblock print; hosoban.

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Color woodblock print; hosoban · 32.5 × 15 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?)
Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792
Date: c. 1765
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions: 32.5 × 15 cm (12 13/16 × 5 7/8 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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The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?)

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