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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.1 × 14.4 cm (12.6 × 5.7 in)

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