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Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shinobu in the guise of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho

1794
Color woodblock print; oban
36.4 × 24.8 cm (14.3 × 9.8 in)

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