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Katsukawa Shunsho

Two Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series "Nan'eki Shufu"

c. 1774
Color woodblock print; oban
38 × 25.5 cm (15 × 10 in)

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