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Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body.
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Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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First in a series of 9 watercolour paintings. In the first painting a court lady in a kimono is seated indoors at a low red table, with a scroll in her left hand, upon which she has written her farewell poem: she is pallid, and her expression is preoccupied.

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