The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro disguised as Tarosaku (left) in the play Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779 by Katsukawa Shunko, c. 1779, depicting two kabuki actors in elaborate costumes and makeup posed in standing profiles

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