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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Mori no Rammaru in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

About 1791
Color woodblock print; hosoban triptych
32 × 14.4 cm (12.6 × 5.7 in)

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