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The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kobayashi no Asahina Saburo in the Play Kuruwagayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
33.4 × 14.9 cm (13.1 × 5.9 in)

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