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Okumura Masanobu

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Onatsu and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Seijuro in the play "Uno Hana Nisei no Aikago," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fourth month, 1747

1747
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
29.8 × 14.5 cm (11.7 × 5.7 in)

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