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Kitagawa Utamaro

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)

About 1803
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
38.5 × 74.4 cm (15.2 × 29.3 in)

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