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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Oda Kazusanosuke Harunaga in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

About 1791
Color woodblock print; hosoban triptych
32.5 × 15 cm (12.8 × 5.9 in)

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