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Kitagawa Utamaro

Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki)"

c. 1794/95
Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
39.2 × 51.8 cm (15.4 × 20.4 in)

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