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The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left or center sheet of triptych
31.6 × 14.5 cm (12.4 × 5.7 in)

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