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Kitagawa Utamaro

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

c. 1798/99
Color woodblock print; oban
36.8 × 23.8 cm (14.5 × 9.4 in)

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