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Totoya Hokkei

「文齊側五行火　花街細見合」|Courtesan by a Lantern, “Fire,” from the series Five Elements for the Bunsai Poetry Group, a Guide to the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters

ca. 1820
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
20 × 18.3 cm (7.9 × 7.2 in)

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