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The actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Kojoro of the Mikuniya and Arashi Sanpachi I as her elder brother Kujuro in the play "Tomigaoka Koi no Yamabiraki," performed at the Kiri Theater in the first month, 1798

1798
Color woodblock print; oban
37.3 × 24.3 cm (14.7 × 9.6 in)

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