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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Chichibu no Shigetada

c. 1773
Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)
28.7 × 13.8 cm (11.3 × 5.4 in)

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