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Torii Kiyotada I

The Courtesan Komurasaki (Tayu Komurasaki)

c. 1730
Hand-colored woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban triptych, urushi-e
31.5 × 15.1 cm (12.4 × 5.9 in)

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