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Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英

四代目中村歌右衛門　「関取千両幟」|The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi

1837
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
38.7 × 25.4 cm (15.2 × 10 in)

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