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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

c. 1778
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych or triptych, or center sheet of triptych
31.5 × 15.6 cm (12.4 × 6.1 in)

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