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Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Street Attire (by Shun'ei) Conversing with Two Women (by Shuncho)

c. 1788
Color woodblock print; aiban
32.3 × 21.7 cm (12.7 × 8.5 in)

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