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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Ghost of the Renegade Monk Seigen in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1783

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych
31.2 × 13.6 cm (12.3 × 5.4 in)

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