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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych (?)
32 × 14.2 cm (12.6 × 5.6 in)

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