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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Chinese Sage Huangshi Gong and Ichikawa Danzô III as Chinese Warrior Zhang Liang in “At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow” (“Otokoyama yunzei kurabe”)

About 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.5 × 14.9 cm (12.8 × 5.9 in)

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