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Katsukawa Shun'ei

Court Ladies on a Balcony Watching a Woman and a Girl Chasing a Man in the Yard under Blossoming Cherry Trees

late 1790s
Color woodblock print; long surimono
19 × 51.7 cm (7.5 × 20.4 in)

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