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The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
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The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90 · c. 1772 · Color woodblock print; diptych; illustrations from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi

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Credit lineThe Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770. c. 1772. Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792, Ippitsusai Buncho, Japanese, active c. 1755-90. The Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. Gookin Collection. CC0.
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