The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Soga no Juro Sukenari (?) in the Play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1768 (?) by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768, depicting a kabuki actor in elaborate costume with patterned robe, holding a sword

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