Right-Hand Page: The Actors Bando Hikosaburo III as Soga no Goro (right), and Segawa Kikunojo IV as Onna Asahina (left), in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga, Left-hand Sheet: The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Furugori Shinzaemon (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V and Kagekiyo (right) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780, c. 1780, Katsukawa Shunko I, Japanese, 1743-1812, Japan, Color woodblock print, double-page illustration from a theatrical picture-book, 15 x cm (5 7/8 x 12 11/16 in


Right-Hand Page: The Actors Bando Hikosaburo III as Soga no Goro (right), and Segawa Kikunojo IV as Onna Asahina (left), in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga, Left-hand Sheet: The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Furugori Shinzaemon (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V and Kagekiyo (right) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780, c. 1780, Katsukawa Shunko I, Japanese, 1743-1812, Japan, Color woodblock print, double-page illustration from a theatrical picture-book, 15 x cm (5 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)


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