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Katsukawa Shunsho

Five Courtesans of Various Houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3

1776
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
22.6 × 30.2 cm (8.9 × 11.9 in)

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