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Katsukawa Shunsho

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and (possibly) Iwai Karumo on a Landing Backstage

1780–83
Color woodblock print; ôban
37.5 × 26.2 cm (14.8 × 10.3 in)

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