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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the Hairdresser Jirokichi in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
29.9 × 13.7 cm (11.8 × 5.4 in)

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