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Kitagawa Utamaro

喜多川歌麿画 絵兄弟娘道成寺 見立猿廻し 「絵兄弟」|A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer

ca. 1795–96
Woodblock print in the e-kyodai format; ink and color on paper

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