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Kitagawa Utamaro

Edo Geisha, from the series "A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tosei onna fuzoku tsu)"

c. 1801/02
Color woodblock print; oban
38.6 × 25.1 cm (15.2 × 9.9 in)

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