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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Soga no Dozaburo (?) in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1776 (?)

c. 1776
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
29 × 13.6 cm (11.4 × 5.4 in)

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