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Any information at all would be greatly appreciated.

Your print is by Kunisada (signing as Toyokuni III) from 1857. (Five Handsome Men from a Popular Picturebook (Ryûkô esôshi gonin binan): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Shiranui Daijin (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza (CR), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Kirare Yosa (C), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Shirai Gonpachi (CL)) It is on panel of a pentatych, The Boston MFA has a copy here:

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/five-handsome-men-from-a-popular-picturebook-ry%C3%BBk%C3%B4-es%C3%B4shi-gonin-binan-actors-iwai-kumesabur%C3%B4-iii-as-shiranui-daijin-r-nakamura-fukusuke-i-as-samezaya-shiroza-cr-kawarazaki-gonj%C3%BBr%C3%B4-i-as-kirare-yosa-c-band%C3%B4-hikosabur%C3%B4-v-as-shirai-476121

Cheers,
Stan

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