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Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the play "Edo no Hana Ako no Shiogama," performed at the Kiri Theater in the fourth month, 1796

1796
Color woodblock print; oban
37.1 × 24.8 cm (14.6 × 9.8 in)

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