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Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Yoshidaya Kizaemon in the Play Edo Sunago Kichirei Soga, Performed at the Miyako Theater in the First Month, 1795

c. 1795
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)
31.8 × 13.8 cm (12.5 × 5.4 in)

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