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Actors Nakamura Sukegorô II as Sasano Sangobei (Left) and Ôtani Hiroji III as Satsuma Gengobei (Right) in “Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design” (“Iro moyô aoyagi Soga”)

About 1775
Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych
32.3 × 15 cm (12.7 × 5.9 in)

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