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Kitagawa Utamaro

The Ninth Month (Kugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

c. 1792/93
Color woodblock print; chuban
24.3 × 18.7 cm (9.6 × 7.4 in)

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