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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych
31.2 × 14.7 cm (12.3 × 5.8 in)

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