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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Nakamura Sukegoro II as Matano no Goro (right), Onoe Kikugoro I as Soga no Taro (center), and Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)
17.5 × 27.8 cm (6.9 × 10.9 in)

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