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Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Sukeroku in the play "Omiura Date no Nebiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1799

c. 1799
Color woodblock print; oban
37.3 × 25 cm (14.7 × 9.8 in)

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