Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Mino no Shōkurō, Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Gantetsu, actually Miura Arajirō, and Nakamura Karoku I as the Prostitute Hinazuru, actually Shōkurō’s wife Kochō, c. 1823, 1st month, Shunkōsai Hokushū; Publisher: Izutsuya Denbei, Japanese, active c. 1802 - 1832, 14 1/2 × 10 in. ( × cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban), Woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper with mica, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play 'Keisei Ōmonguchi' けいせい廓大門 (The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter), performed at the Kado Theater, Osaka, in the 1st month of 1823

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