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The Actors Sakakiyama Sangoro as the page boy Kichisaburo and Segawa Kikunojo II as Oshichi in the play "Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1759

1759
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
29.9 × 13.1 cm (11.8 × 5.2 in)

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