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Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the packhorse-man Muchizo in the play "Miyamairi Musubi no Kamigaki," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1797

c. 1797
Color woodblock print; oban
38 × 25.3 cm (15 × 10 in)

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