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Kitagawa Utamaro

No. 8 (hachi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

c. 1798/1800
Color woodblock print; oban
38.9 × 26.4 cm (15.3 × 10.4 in)

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