/internal/media/dispatcher/953715/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActor Ōtani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyū1764 (Hōreki 14/Meiwa 1), 2nd monthKatsukawa ShunshōHosoban; 32.6 x 14.5 cm (12 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection21.43230Left sheet of incomplete diptych. According to Clark, this diptych is the earliest known print designed by Shunshō and also the earliest known example of commercial full-color printing.
If the identification of 21.4748 in Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981) is correct, then it is another full-color print depicting the same play.
Play: Hitokidori Harutsuge Soga
Theater: Nakamura
人来鳥春告曽我（ひときどりはるつげそが）
中村Prints32.600000000023200001