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Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Kitagawa Utamaro

1786–1796

Medium: Color woodblock print; aiban
Dimensions: 31.7 × 22.2 cm (12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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