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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actors Ichikawa Raizo II as Kojiro Masahira (right) and Ichikawa Danzo IV as Doi no Yataro (left), in the Play Kaomise Ama no Iwato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

c. 1774
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.6 × 13.7 cm (11.7 × 5.4 in)

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