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Torii Kiyonobu II

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

1725
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
32.7 × 15.3 cm (12.9 × 6 in)

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