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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

c. 1782
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from an unidentified theatrical picture-book
17.4 × 27.2 cm (6.9 × 10.7 in)

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