Caption:
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Soga Koyomi Biraki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month. Torii Kiyotomo; Japanese, active c. 1717-36. Date: 1723. Dimensions: 33.9 x 16 cm (13 3/8 x 6 5/16 in.). Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e. Origin: Japan.