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Kitagawa Utamaro

Reflective Love, from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)"

c. 1793/94
Color woodblock print, oban
37.7 × 24.8 cm (14.8 × 9.8 in)

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