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An Interrupted Embrace by Sugimura Jihei — VisualArtsDB

An Interrupted Embrace

An Interrupted Embrace

1680–1690

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
Dimensions: 27 × 37.8 cm (10 5/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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