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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Osai, a Female Hairdresser, in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

c. 1776
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.3 × 13.9 cm (11.5 × 5.5 in)

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