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Suzuki Harunobu

回文歌　京　大阪　江戸|Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo

ca. 1768
Right-hand sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
31.4 × 13.7 cm (12.4 × 5.4 in)

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