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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1777

c. 1777
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.8 × 13.5 cm (11.7 × 5.3 in)

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