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Nishimura Shigenobu

Ono no Komachi, from A Set of Three Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)

c. 1720s
Hand-colored woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych, urushi-e
31.2 × 14.8 cm (12.3 × 5.8 in)

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