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Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, from the Series Seiro Kokon Hokku Awase

c. 1776
Color woodblock print; chuban
25.9 × 18.1 cm (10.2 × 7.1 in)

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