Asian Art

Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Satake Shinjuro

Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Satake Shinjūrō is an ukiyo-e woodblock print by Osaka-based late Edo period print designer Shungyōsai Hokusei (fl. 1826–1827). It depicts celebrated kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan II as a character in the play Keisei Asoyama Sakura. The print belongs to the permanent collection of the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japanese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.

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• ▸Cursive script (East Asia)
• ▸Fox in the Snow
• ▸Early buildings of Wuhan University

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