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Torii Kiyomasu II

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Ebisu in the play "Suehiro Eho Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1729

1729
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
33.7 × 15.6 cm (13.3 × 6.1 in)

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