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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.4 × 15 cm (12 × 5.9 in)

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