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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; diptych; illustrations from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi
27.8 × 13.8 cm (10.9 × 5.4 in)

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