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The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
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The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792 · c. 1772 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

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Credit lineThe Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771. c. 1772. Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792. The Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. Gookin Collection. CC0.
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