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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Fujiwara no Kanemichi in the play "Otomo no Matori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1726

1726
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
33.4 × 15.5 cm (13.1 × 6.1 in)

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