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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Akizuki Sampei from Osaka Standing on a Galloping Horse (right), in the Play Dai Kyokuba

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; aiban
21.8 × 28 cm (8.6 × 11 in)

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