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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.3 × 14.7 cm (11.9 × 5.8 in)

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