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Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Yoso-oi of the Pine Needle House in the Yoshiwara and Her Attendant (Matsubaya Yoso-oi)

c.1802
Color woodblock print; oban
16.9 × 22 cm (6.7 × 8.7 in)

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