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Shunkan's ashiziri. This technique of foot-dragusually in both prints and series, mainly, those of the Utagawa school. In Kabuki, the motif of vengeful spi ging that Shunkan performs after being left on the island is notable for being similar to techniques used in Kabuki theatre.
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