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The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III in Three Roles: Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess)..., c

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III in Three Roles: Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zato (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaido-maru, in the Play Zoho Natsu Matsuri (Expanded Summer Festival), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater from the First Day of the Eighth Month, 1791, c. 1791

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Lacquer Tea Bowl, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795). Creator: Unknown

Lacquer Tea Bowl, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736-1795). Black bowl with a narrow red base and embossed elements in red, including a floral border at top and bottom and Chinese characters in the middle

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Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, ca. 1850-70. Creator: Juan Llorens

Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, ca. 1850-70

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