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Katsukawa Shunsho

The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)"

late 1780s
Color woodblock print; koban
22.5 × 16.7 cm (8.9 × 6.6 in)

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