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An Actor as a Boy by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

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An Actor as a Boy

An Actor as a Boy

An Actor as a Boy

Katsukawa Shun'ei

1793

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 12 1/16 × 5 5/16 in. (30.6 × 13.5 cm) (image, sheet, hosoban)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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