Focus on this artwork and explain the abstract.
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Satake Shinjūrō is an ukiyo-e woodblock print by Osaka-based late Edo period print designer Shungyōsai Hokusei (fl. 1826–1827). It depicts celebrated kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan II as a character in the play Keisei Asoyama Sakura. The print belongs to the permanent collection of the Prince Takamado Gallery of Japanese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
Royal Ontario Museum Edo ukiyo-e kabuki Edo period Shungyōsai Hokusei fl. woodblock print Prince Takamado