The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771 by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772, depicting two kabuki actors in elaborate costumes and makeup in dramatic confrontation

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