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Utagawa Hiroshige

The Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki), from the series "Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari gojuyonjo)"

1852
Color woodblock print; oban
21.7 × 34.8 cm (8.5 × 13.7 in)

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