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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of a multisheet print
30.2 × 14.2 cm (11.9 × 5.6 in)

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