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Kitagawa Utamaro

Gathering Shells at Low Tide, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

1789
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book
23.2 × 37.2 cm (9.1 × 14.6 in)

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