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Kitagawa Utamaro

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen) (Tomimoto Toyohina) (picture-riddle)

c. 1795/96
Color woodblock print; oban
38.5 × 25.4 cm (15.2 × 10 in)

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