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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Chinese Hero Kan'u in the Play Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.5 × 15 cm (12 × 5.9 in)

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