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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The actors Arashi Kichisaburo III as Aboshi Samojiro, Onoe Kikugoro II as Hamaji, Nakamura Kan'emon as Nurude Gobaiji, and Otani Tomoemon IV as Shokan Hikiroku

c. 1852
Color woodblock print; oban
36.5 × 24.9 cm (14.4 × 9.8 in)

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