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Kikukawa Eizan

Courtesan of the Chikiriya in Furuichi, Ise Province, from the series "Comparison of Proverbs and Customs (Tatoegusa fuzoku awase)"

c. 1814
Color woodblock print; oban
37.8 × 24.8 cm (14.9 × 9.8 in)

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