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Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
21.6 × 30.2 cm (8.5 × 11.9 in)

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