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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of pentaptych
30.3 × 14.9 cm (11.9 × 5.9 in)

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