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Chôbunsai Eishi

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

c. 1797
Color woodblock print; oban
38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in)

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