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Kitagawa Utamaro

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

c. 1795/96
Color woodblock print; oban
38.4 × 25.2 cm (15.1 × 9.9 in)

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