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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV Performs the Triple Umbrella Dance in “Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi’s Five Characters” (“Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji”)

About 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.8 × 14.5 cm (12.1 × 5.7 in)

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