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Nishimura Shigenaga

Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao])

c. 1730s
Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
32.8 × 15.6 cm (12.9 × 6.1 in)

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