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Kitagawa Utamaro

Hour of the Hare [6am] (U no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki")

c. 1794
Color woodblock print; oban
37.5 × 24.4 cm (14.8 × 9.6 in)

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