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The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1745 (?)

c. 1745
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
31.8 × 14.7 cm (12.5 × 5.8 in)

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