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The Actor Kasaya Matakuro II as the Boatman Rokuzo in an Unidentified Play, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fifth Month, 1770

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban; illustration from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi
27.7 × 15 cm (10.9 × 5.9 in)

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