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Utagawa Kunisada I

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

1827
Color woodblock print; left sheet of shikishiban diptych, surimono
21.6 × 19.4 cm (8.5 × 7.6 in)

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