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Kitagawa Utamaro

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

c. 1797/98
Color woodblock print; oban
37.9 × 25 cm (14.9 × 9.8 in)

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