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Sugatano of Sugata Ebisuya in the Morning, Hour of the Rabbit, from the series The Twelve Hours in the Pleasure Quarters

Kikukawa Eizan

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two women in traditional Japanese clothing standing close together. The woman on the left has a leopard-print hair accessory and wears a pink kimono with white designs; a black shawl with green trim; and a pink and black patterned skirt. The woman on the right wears a black kimono with red and green accents, a floral patterned obi, and her hair styled up. The background is tan-colored paper with Japanese writing in black ink. A small rectangular lantern illustration with Japanese writing is on the upper left. A game board and a cylindrical object are on the floor.

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