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Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

二代目市川八百藏・二代目中島三甫右衛門・三代目市川海老藏・九代目市村羽左衛門|Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)

7th month, 1776
One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
32.1 × 44.3 cm (12.6 × 17.4 in)

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