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The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1719

1719
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
29.3 × 14 cm (11.5 × 5.5 in)

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