Title : Sawamura Tossho as Hanagaki Shichisaburo 澤村訥升の花垣七三郎 (Sawamura Tossho as Hanagaki Shichisaburo) / Haiyu shashin kyo 俳優写真鏡 (Mirror of Photographs of Actors)

Artist : Ochiai Yoshiiku

Date : 1870

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Source : 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 'Sawamurasaki ayame no nureiro' (沢紫菖蒲艶) 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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