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Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) 俳優相貎鏡
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Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift in honor of John T. Carpenter 2013
Title: Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) 俳優相貎鏡
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Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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