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Utagawa Toyokuni I

Toraya: Arashi Ryuzo II as the monk Tojibo in the play "Hatsu Akebono Kaomise Soga," from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

1794
Color woodblock print; oban
38.5 × 25.5 cm (15.2 × 10 in)

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