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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Hitomaru Disguised as the Geisha Oshun in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
30.6 × 14.4 cm (12 × 5.7 in)

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