/internal/media/dispatcher/1078450/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActors Nakamura Shichisaburō III and Ichikawa Sumizō I, from the book Yakusha Kuni no Hana, vol. IIabout 1770–72Katsukawa ShunshōOne chūbon page; 21 x 15 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.134650The future Matsumoto Kōshirō V (1764-1838) used the name Ichikawa Sumizō as a child actor from 1770.1 to 1772.10.
A similar book dated 1771-1772: 2006.1790 (3 vol. in 1), 2006.1791 (first vol. only); another similar book: Hillier, Art of the Japanese Book (1987), vol. 1, pp. 337-9Prints21.000000000020613401