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Hishikawa Moronobu

A Courtesan with Her Client, the first sheet of an untitled erotic picture album

c. 1673/81
Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, oban yoko-e
27.2 × 38.3 cm (10.7 × 15.1 in)

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