The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ippei in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1778, by Katsukawa Shunko, depicting a fierce warrior in ornate armor raising a sword above his head

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