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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actors Nakamura Nakazô I and Ichikawa Komazô I in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

About 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.9 × 14 cm (11.8 × 5.5 in)

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