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Suzuki Harunobu

Key block print for The Introduction (Miai), the first sheet from the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

c. 1769
Woodblock print; key block, chuban
22.5 × 29 cm (8.9 × 11.4 in)

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