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Kitao Shigemasa

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

1767
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
30.5 × 13.7 cm (12 × 5.4 in)

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