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Torii Kiyomasu II

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Usami no Saburo in the play "Yukun Yoroi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1736

1736
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
28.8 × 14.6 cm (11.3 × 5.7 in)

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