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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Act Two: The Quarters of Momonoi Wakasanosuke from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

c. 1795
Color woodblock print; koban
23.8 × 18.2 cm (9.4 × 7.2 in)

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