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Kitagawa Utamaro

The Interesting Type (Omoshiroki so), from the series “Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women" ("Fujin sogaku juttai")

c. 1792/93
Color woodblock print; oban
36.9 × 25 cm (14.5 × 9.8 in)

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