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Kitagawa Utamaro

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge)

c. 1783
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych
38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in)

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