The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the thunder god, an incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater in the third month, 1780

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the thunder god, an incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater in the third month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho

c. 1780

Accession Number

36111

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Dimensions

32.4 × 14.3 cm (12 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.); Mat: 63.5 × 40.7 cm (25 × 16 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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