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Torii Kiyonaga

Mother-in-Law Teasing the Bride, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

c. 1785
Color woodblock print; chuban
25.4 × 18.6 cm (10 × 7.3 in)

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