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The Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Tamoto no Shiro Shibori," performed at the Morita theater, 1720

c. 1720
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e
33 × 16 cm (13 × 6.3 in)

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