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Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Osan in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.5 × 14 cm (11.6 × 5.5 in)

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