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Utagawa Toyokuni I

『祇園神輿洗　ねり物姿』「いろは歌の売」|“The Geisha To’e as a Vendor of Poems,” from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)

ca. 1795
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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