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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

c. 1776
Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e
69.3 × 16.5 cm (27.3 × 6.5 in)

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