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Kitagawa Utamaro

Beauty Wearing a Summer Kimono, from the series “New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style" ("Nishiki-ori Utamaro-gata-shinmoyo")

c. 1796/98
Color woodblock print; oban
34 × 25.3 cm (13.4 × 10 in)

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