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Torii Kiyonaga

The Sixth Month, Enjoying the Evening Cool in a Teahouse, from the series The Twelve Months in the Southern Quarter (Minami jūni kō)

About 1783
Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
39.1 × 52 cm (15.4 × 20.5 in)

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