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Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Hisui of the Fan House (Ogiya uchi Hisui), from the series The Five Festivals Flower Competition (Gosechi hana awase)

About 1789–1801
Color woodblock print, ôban (one sheet of a pentaptych)
37 × 24.8 cm (14.6 × 9.8 in)

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