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Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英

春江斎北英画 二代目嵐璃寛 　見立 「百物語」|Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories)

1832
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
37.8 × 25.7 cm (14.9 × 10.1 in)

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