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Torii Kiyomasu I

Kairaishi|The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan

ca. 1715
Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
27.9 × 40.6 cm (11 × 16 in)

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