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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kajino Choan (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777

c. 1777
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych
32.7 × 15.2 cm (12.9 × 6 in)

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