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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake (left), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

c. 1781
Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych
30.9 × 14.1 cm (12.2 × 5.6 in)

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