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The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Tonase in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.9 × 14.5 cm (12.6 × 5.7 in)

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