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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left)

c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.6 × 13.5 cm (12 × 5.3 in)

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