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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actors Ichikawa Danjôrô V as Gokuin Sen’emon, Bandô Mitsugorô I as An no Heibei, and Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shôkurô in “A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District” (“Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga”)

About 1780
Color woodblock prints; hosoban triptych
30.3 × 14.8 cm (11.9 × 5.8 in)

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