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“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)
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“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1798 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Credit line“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen). ca. 1798. Kitagawa Utamaro. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914. CC0.
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