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Kitagawa Utamaro

当世美人三遊　芸妓|“Geisha” from the series Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tōsei bijin san’yū: Geigi)

ca. 1800
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
53 × 24.3 cm (20.9 × 9.6 in)

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