The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Omi no Kotoda in the Play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1768, by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768, depicting a kabuki warrior in ornate armor and patterned garments, wielding a sword in a commanding stance

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