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The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro disguised as the servant of a princely family, from the play "Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1773

c. 1773
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31 × 14.1 cm (12.2 × 5.6 in)

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