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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Monk Renseibo in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych
33.2 × 15.1 cm (13.1 × 5.9 in)

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