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Torii Kiyomitsu

「岩井半四郎図」|The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox

ca. 1763
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
29.2 × 14 cm (11.5 × 5.5 in)

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