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The courtesan Karakoto of the Chojiya with a kamuro, from the series Famous Flowers of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin meika awase)
Woodblock print, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Iwatoya Kisaburo, circa 1801
Vertical oban (38.4 x 25.8 cm.)


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For a different design from the same series in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, accession number 1928.319, go to:
www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/60302

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