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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Taira no Tadamori Disguised as a Potted-Plant Seller in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

c. 1776
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.7 × 14.4 cm (12.5 × 5.7 in)

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