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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era), Performed at the Miyako Theater from the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month, 1794

c. 1794
Color woodblock print; aiban; mica background
31.9 × 22 cm (12.6 × 8.7 in)

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