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Suzuki Harunobu

The First Childbirth (Uizan), the seventh sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

c. 1769
Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e
20.1 × 28 cm (7.9 × 11 in)

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