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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro II as Yoemon and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Kasane, His Wife

c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.8 × 13.8 cm (12.1 × 5.4 in)

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