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The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Nakazo I as Raigo Ajari, Sakata Tojuro III as Kamada Gon-no-kami Masayori, and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakon-gitsune (right to left), in the play "Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1770
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Credit lineThe Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Nakazo I as Raigo Ajari, Sakata Tojuro III as Kamada Gon-no-kami Masayori, and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakon-gitsune (right to left), in the play "Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1770. c. 1772. Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792. The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. CC0.
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