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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.3 × 14 cm (11.5 × 5.5 in)

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