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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III Possibly as Masago Gozen in “A Courtesan’s ‘Mirror of the East’” (“Keisei azuma kagami”)

About 1788
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.9 × 14.9 cm (13 × 5.9 in)

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