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Tōshūsai Sharaku

市川鰕蔵の竹村定之進|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Ichikawa Danjūrō V) in the play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna)

5th month, 1794
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper with mica ground
36.8 × 24.4 cm (14.5 × 9.6 in)

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