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Katsukawa Shunsho

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"

c. 1772
Color woodblock print; chuban
24.8 × 18.4 cm (9.8 × 7.2 in)

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