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Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Sasaki Saemon in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1818

1818
Color woodblock print; oban
37.2 × 25.8 cm (14.6 × 10.2 in)

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