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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Pilgrim Kakuzan in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.1 × 14.4 cm (12.6 × 5.7 in)

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