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Toyokuni III (Kunisada), a sheet from an oban triptych depicting the head and shoulders of an actor restraining a man wielding a sword above his head; a sheet with the head and shoulders of a bijin before a man standing on the prow of a barge surrounded by foaming waves; a sheet from a triptych with a man reclining before a screen reading an album, a lady appearing from behind; another similar with a seated man holding a bowl; two sheets from a triptych with a group of courtesans in an interior, one having her hair fixed by an attendant, another playing a samisen; and a sheet with a courtesan seated on a terrace drinking tea.

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Toyokuni III (Kunisada), a sheet from an oban triptych depicting the head and shoulders of an actor restraining a man wielding a sword above his head; a sheet with the head and shoulders of a bijin before a man standing on the prow of a barge surrounded by foaming waves; a sheet from a triptych with a man reclining before a screen reading an album, a lady appearing from behind; another similar with a seated man holding a bowl; two sheets from a triptych with a group of courtesans in an interior, one having her hair fixed by an attendant, another playing a samisen; and a sheet with a courtesan seated on a terrace drinking tea.
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