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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”)

About 1768
Color woodblock print; hosoban
33.2 × 15.2 cm (13.1 × 6 in)

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