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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui in “First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar” (“Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu”)

About 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.5 × 15 cm (12.8 × 5.9 in)

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