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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Kojuro VI in a Daisho no Mai (Sword Dance), in the Play Gion Nyogo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Tenth Month, 1786

c. 1786
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.8 × 13.7 cm (12.5 × 5.4 in)

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