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Katsukawa Shunsho

A Young Man Dressed as an Actor of the Ichikawa Family (by Shunsho), a Maid and a Geisha (by Shuncho)

late 1780s
Color woodblock print; aiban
32.3 × 23 cm (12.7 × 9.1 in)

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