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Kitagawa Utamaro

Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

c. 1798/99
Color woodblock print; oban
39.4 × 26.7 cm (15.5 × 10.5 in)

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