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Okumura Masanobu

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Nanohana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the second month, 1741

1741
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
32.6 × 14.7 cm (12.8 × 5.8 in)

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