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Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Prince Korehito in the guise of the maid Wakakusa of the Otomo family

1794
Color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych (right: 1928.1061, left: 2003.337)
30.4 × 14.1 cm (12 × 5.6 in)

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