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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

c. 1771
Color woodblock print; hosoban
32.7 × 14.5 cm (12.9 × 5.7 in)

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