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Kitagawa Utamaro

A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei

n.d.
Color woodblock print; oban
39.1 × 25.5 cm (15.4 × 10 in)

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