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Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Ume no Yoshihei in the Play Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the First Month, 1796

c. 1796
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych? (left sheet: 1925.2502)
32.3 × 14.4 cm (12.7 × 5.7 in)

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