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Katsukawa Shunsen

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Plant Seller Awashima no Yonosuke in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.5 × 14.5 cm (12.8 × 5.7 in)

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