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The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Chujo (left), in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

c. 1769
Color woodblock print; hosoban; center and left sheets of triptych
31.5 × 14.3 cm (12.4 × 5.6 in)

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