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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1772 (?)

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych
30.1 × 14.6 cm (11.9 × 5.7 in)

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