Sawamura Tanosuke as the Courtesan Katsuragidayū

Album Titleuntitled ōban album

Series TitleA Mirror of Modern Handwriting (Tōsei Jihitsu kagami)

Printmaker Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1865)

Publisher Uoyo Eikichi

Date1861

Place createdJapan, Asia

Mediumcolor woodcut

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineBequest of Virginia H. Irwin

Accession Number1963.942.23

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