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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.1 × 14.8 cm (12.6 × 5.8 in)

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