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Kitao Shigemasa

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Itsuki and Bando Hikosaburo II as Oyamada Taro in the play "Taiheiki Shizunome Furisode," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1767

1767
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
31.2 × 43.2 cm (12.3 × 17 in)

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