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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III Possibly as Ono no Komachi in “Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater” (“Komachimura shibai no shôgatsu”)

About 1789
Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych
33.5 × 15 cm (13.2 × 5.9 in)

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