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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

c. 1770
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.7 × 15.1 cm (12.1 × 5.9 in)

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