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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Act Ten: The Amakawaya House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

early 1790s
Woodblock print; chuban, keyblock proof impression
25.5 × 19 cm (10 × 7.5 in)

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