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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

c. 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.5 × 14.3 cm (12.4 × 5.6 in)

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