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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)
31.4 × 14.2 cm (12.4 × 5.6 in)

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