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Komachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)
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Credit lineKomachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi), early 1810s. Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867). Color woodblock print; overall: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, 1943.30
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