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The Actors Nakamura Takesaburō as Kewaizaka no Shōshō and IchikawaDanjurō II as Soga Gorō
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Credit lineThe Actors Nakamura Takesaburō as Kewaizaka no Shōshō and IchikawaDanjurō II as Soga Gorō. 1715. Torii Kiyomasu I, Japanese, active 1704–18. The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. CC0.
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