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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Miyagino Disguised as a Hairdresser in the Play Kosode-gura no Tekubari, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1772 (?)

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
29.6 × 14 cm (11.7 × 5.5 in)

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