Artist: Shunsho
Date: 1768
Title: The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Mikawaya Giheiji (right), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Danshichi Kurobei (left), in "Nagamachi-ura" (Murder in the Back Street off Nagamachi), Act Seven of the Joruri "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" (Mirror of Osaka in the Summer Festival), Played as One Act in Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi (Mastery of the Fan in Kabuki), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Twentieth Day of the Seventh Month, 1768
Format: Color woodblock print; chuban
 
9 5/8 x 7 7/16 in. (24.4 x 18.9 cm)
 
Slightly faded, the purp