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The Actors Nakamura Kashiwagi as a Wakashu (second from right), and Three Unidentified Actors as Yakko
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The Actors Nakamura Kashiwagi as a Wakashu (second from right), and Three Unidentified Actors as Yakko

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 Kashiwagi as a Wakashu (second from right), and Three Unidentified Actors as Yakko. c. 1772. Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章, Japanese, 1726-1792. The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. CC0.
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