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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Yakko Matahei in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.8 × 13.8 cm (12.1 × 5.4 in)

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