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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych
31.8 × 15 cm (12.5 × 5.9 in)

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