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Katsukawa Shunsho

Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Itsukushima Tennyo in the Kabuki Play “Tokimekuya o-Edo no hatsuyuki”

c. 1780
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.5 × 15.3 cm (12.4 × 6 in)

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