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Katsukawa Shun'ei

勝川春英画　三代目大谷鬼次|Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III

ca. 1792
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
32.9 × 14.4 cm (13 × 5.7 in)

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