Title : Sawamura Tossho as Sasaki Gennosuke 沢村訥升の佐々木源之助 / Haiyu shashin kyo 俳優写真鏡 (Mirror of Photographs of Actors)
Artist : Ochiai Yoshiiku
Date : 1870
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British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print. Half-length portrait of the kabuki actor Sawamura Tossho II in the role of Sasaki Gennosuke, in the play 'Hana ayame katami ezoshi' (花菖紀念画双紙) performed at the Morita theatre, Tokyo from the 2nd day of the 5th month of 1870 (Meiji 3). One of a group of five kabuki actor portraits in a style imitating photographs.
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