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Ichikawa of Matsubaya with Minomo and Tamamo

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman wearing a red kimono sits on a platform with a smaller woman behind her; both have black hair in traditional styles adorned with flowers and other decorations; the sitting woman's kimono features white designs on a red background; she holds a hexagonal pattern screen; both women are looking down; their faces are pale; the visual is in black, red, and white with Japanese text in the background; the style is traditional Japanese.

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