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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Maizuru in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga (Soga of the Long, Hanging Sleeves in the Second Month), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twentieth Day of the Second Month, 1772

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban
30.2 × 13.8 cm (11.9 × 5.4 in)

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