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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (right), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tokiwa Gozen (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)
18.8 × 27.8 cm (7.4 × 10.9 in)

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