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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Sakon-gitsune in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

c. 1775
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych
29 × 14.6 cm (11.4 × 5.7 in)

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