ARASHI SHINPEI II

The actor Arashi Shinpei II playing the role of Yazama Jûtarô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" in a caricature from the book "Ehon Mizu ya Sora", which was drawn by Matsuya Nichôsai and published in Ôsaka in 1780 by Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon

This caricature is the left component of a diptych (the right caricature is also available)

Arashi Shinpei II in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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