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Kitagawa Utamaro

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka)

c. 1793/94
Color woodblock print; oban

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