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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Shutokuin in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32 × 14.7 cm (12.6 × 5.8 in)

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