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Kitagawa Utamaro

No. 12 (juni), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

c. 1798/1800
color woodblock print; oban
39 × 25.7 cm (15.4 × 10.1 in)

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