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Okumura Masanobu

The Kiritsubo Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Kiritsubo), from a series of Genji parodies

c. 1710
Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
37.3 × 38.3 cm (14.7 × 15.1 in)

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