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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779

c. 1779
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30 × 14.7 cm (11.8 × 5.8 in)

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