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Katsukawa Shunjо̄

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.2 × 14.8 cm (12.7 × 5.8 in)

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