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The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei)", 1876. Color woodblock print; oban.
Color woodblock print; oban · 35.3 × 23.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Akechi Samenosuke, from the series "Seven Brilliant Heroes (Komei shichi yosei)"
- Artist
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Japanese, 1839–1892
- Date
- 1876
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 35.3 × 23.6 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Gerald Gidwitz
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.