Title: The Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as a Samurai Disguised as a Shichō or Attendant at a Shinto Shrine
Object type: Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Date: ca. 1778
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1726–1792
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Actors