Sharaku | The Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Gorôbei, the Fishmonger from Sanya

Artist: Tōshūsai Sharaku 東洲斎 写楽 (active 1794–1795) 
Date: 1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month; 1963 Reprint
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô, Kôshodô (1794); Shueisha (1963)
Title: The Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Gorôbei, the Fishmonger from Sanya | 四代目松本幸四郎の山谷の肴屋五郎兵衛
Medium: Offset lithograph printed on tradtional Japanese handmade washi paper
Size: Envelope 31.5 cm x 46 cm

Play: Katakiuchi Noriaibanashi
Theater: Kiri
敵討乗合話（かたきうちのりあいばなし）
 桐

Signed
Tôshûsai Sharaku ga
東洲斎写楽画

Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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