Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

License: Public Domain Mark

People: Utagawa, Kunisada
Time: 1846-1857
Owner Organization: Art Institute of Chicago

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