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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

About 1791
Color woodblock print; aiban
32.3 × 22.5 cm (12.7 × 8.9 in)

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