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Kitagawa Utamaro

喜多川歌麿画　『男踏歌』　鶯の餌すり|“Preparing Food for the Warbler,” from the album Men’s Stamping Dance (Otoko dōka, uguisu no esa suri)

1798
Page from a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
21.6 × 35.6 cm (8.5 × 14 in)

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