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Torii Kiyomasu II

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox

c. 1745
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
32.2 × 14.9 cm (12.7 × 5.9 in)

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