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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770

c. 1770
Color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych
32.5 × 15 cm (12.8 × 5.9 in)

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