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Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?)

c. 1787
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.7 × 14 cm (12.9 × 5.5 in)

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