Prologue, 1860, 4th lunar month, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi, Japanese, 6 3/16 × 9 3/16 in. ( × cm) (image, sheet, horizontal chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kō no Moronao (R) and Onoe Kikugorō IV as Kaoyo-gozen (L). Related to the play Kanadehon Chūshingura 仮名手本忠臣蔵, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 4th month of 1860

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