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Kitagawa Utamaro

喜多川歌麿画　『美人花合』　「兵庫屋内　花妻図」|“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)

1790s
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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