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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

「当世好男子伝」松　「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」　初代河原崎権十郎|The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

1854, 7th month)
Left sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
35.9 × 24.8 cm (14.1 × 9.8 in)

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