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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

c. 1782
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from an unidentified theatrical picture-book
17.8 × 27.5 cm (7 × 10.8 in)

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