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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Asao Tamejûrô I as Drunken Gotôbei in “Yoshitsune’s Koshigoe Petition” (“Yoshitsune Koshigoe jô”)

About 1790
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.9 × 14.7 cm (13 × 5.8 in)

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