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Torii Kiyonobu I

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in the first month, 1721 (?)

c. 1721
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
32.4 × 15.8 cm (12.8 × 6.2 in)

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