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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk, in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.3 × 14.6 cm (12.3 × 5.7 in)

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