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Katsukawa Shunsho

Spring Flowers: Violets and Dandelions, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776
Color woodblock print; single-page illustration cut from a book
22 × 15.3 cm (8.7 × 6 in)

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