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Kitagawa Utamaro

Tatsumi Roko, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")

c. 1794/96
Color woodblock print; oban
38.5 × 25.6 cm (15.2 × 10.1 in)

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