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The Actor Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1779
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Credit lineThe Actor Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1779. c. 1779. Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792. The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. CC0.
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