Colour woodblock print, hosoban. The kabuki actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Hige no Ikyu about to draw his sword as he stands before the entrance to the Miuraya teahouse, in the play ‘Sukeroku kuruwa no futabaso’ (助六花街二葉艸); performed at the Ichimura-za from the 2nd day of the 4th month of 1791 (Kansei 3).
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<p>Print artist: Katsukawa Shun'ei (勝川春英)
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<dl><dd>Published by: Tsuruya Kiemon (鶴屋喜右衛門)</dd></dl></div>
1791<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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