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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Nakayama Tomisaburô as a Shirabyôshi Dancer in “The Maiden at Dôjô Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)

About 1794
Color woodblock print; ôban
37.5 × 24.5 cm (14.8 × 9.6 in)

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