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Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Otani Hiroji III as Hata no Taizan Taketora

1794
Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban triptych (right: 1928.1061, center: 1928.1062)
31.1 × 14.1 cm (12.2 × 5.6 in)

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