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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as the Guard Kuriu Zaemon Yorikata in the Play Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779

c. 1779
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.9 × 14.8 cm (12.6 × 5.8 in)

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