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Katsukawa Shunsho

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

c. 1779/80
Color woodblock print; chuban
26.3 × 19.4 cm (10.4 × 7.6 in)

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