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Hishikawa Moronobu

Sei Shonagon, from the illustrated book "Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukushi)"

c. 1683
Hand-colored woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
22.1 × 33 cm (8.7 × 13 in)

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