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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the female fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the play "Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1777

c. 1777
Color woodblock print; one sheet of hosoban tetraptych
31.7 × 14.4 cm (12.5 × 5.7 in)

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