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Love at the Brothel Gate

Suzuki Harunobu

Cleveland Museum of Art

Colored woodblock print; oban. Three people; two women and one man. Woman on left standing behind a fence. The woman wears a kimono with green, salmon and white designs; her hair pulled back with a white headband. The man wears a green hat, a white kimono with geometric brown designs; brown sandals. The woman on the right wears a striped kimono; her hair pulled back; carrying a rectangular object. Gray background; Japanese text in top and bottom right corners; and a scalloped strip with Japanese text along the top.

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683 × 900 px
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