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Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

市川鰕蔵（五代目市川団十郎）の佐々木岸柳|The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō V) as the Elderly Samurai Sasaki Ganryū (?)

probably 1792 (Kansei 4), 4th month
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
32.4 × 14.3 cm (12.8 × 5.6 in)

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