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Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase) by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1785–1795

Medium: Color woodblock-printed book
Dimensions: 25.5 × 18.6 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Genre: Book
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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