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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Waitress Otake in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1777

c. 1777
Color woodblock print; hosoban
33 × 14.9 cm (13 × 5.9 in)

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