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Toyohara Kunichika

見立三国志 牛若の源治|Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Ushiwaka no Genji in the Kabuki play A Parody of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Mitate Sangokushi-Ushiwaka no Genji)

4th month, 1868
One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
35.6 × 24.1 cm (14 × 9.5 in)

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