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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora (left), in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

c. 1774
Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych
29.8 × 14.7 cm (11.7 × 5.8 in)

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