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Actors Arashi Sangorô II asMinamoto no Yoritomo and Segawa Kikunojô II as the Snow Woman in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Myôto- giku Izu no Kisewata”)

About 1770
Color woodblock print; aiban
26.2 × 19.9 cm (10.3 × 7.8 in)

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