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Torii Kiyonaga

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

1788
Color woodblock print; oban
36.3 × 24.6 cm (14.3 × 9.7 in)

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