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Kitagawa Utamaro

Hour of the Ox (Ushi no koku) Fukagawa Pleasure Quarter (Tatsumi), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

c. 1798/99
Color woodblock print; oban
37.2 × 25.8 cm (14.6 × 10.2 in)

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