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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

c. 1770
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31 × 13.8 cm (12.2 × 5.4 in)

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