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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Dragon Princess in the Play “Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki”

About 1778
Color woodblock print; ôban
36.6 × 25.8 cm (14.4 × 10.2 in)

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