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Torii Kiyomasu II

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as a madwoman in the play "Kabuto Goban Tadanobu," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1728 (?)

c. 1728
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
34 × 15.9 cm (13.4 × 6.3 in)

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