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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Act Eight: The Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

early 1790s
Color woodblock print; chuban
25.4 × 18.8 cm (10 × 7.4 in)

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