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The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Kiichi Hogen Shinanguruma," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

1754
Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e
31.8 × 15.8 cm (12.5 × 6.2 in)

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