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Torii Kiyonaga

Actors Representing the Feat of Asahina Breaking the Armer of Soga no Goro (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho kusazuribiki odori yatai) from the series The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)

1780
Color woodblock print; chuban
26.3 × 19.4 cm (10.4 × 7.6 in)

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