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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.5 × 15.4 cm (12.8 × 6.1 in)

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