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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768

c. 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
28.5 × 13.7 cm (11.2 × 5.4 in)

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