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Toyohara Kunichika

The Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Karukaya Doshin, No. 5 from the series "Flowers of Tokyo: Caricatures by Kunichika (Azuma no hana Kunichika manga)"

1872
Color woodblock print; oban

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