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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych
32.6 × 14.7 cm (12.8 × 5.8 in)

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