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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a Mendicant Monk in “Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide” (“Keisei Ide no yamabuki”)

About 1787
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.5 × 13.9 cm (12.4 × 5.5 in)

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