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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Umegae Disguised as the Female Fortune-teller Omatsu in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
33 × 14.9 cm (13 × 5.9 in)

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