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Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Somenosuke and Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "A Mirror of Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yukun awase kagami)"

c. 1797
Color woodblock print; oban
37.2 × 25.1 cm (14.6 × 9.9 in)

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