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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

c. 1777
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32 × 14.8 cm (12.6 × 5.8 in)

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