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Kitagawa Utamaro

Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from the series “Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day" ("Toji zensei bijin-zoroe")

1794
Color woodblock print; oban
37.8 × 25.3 cm (14.9 × 10 in)

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