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Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara

Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara

Okumura Masanobu

1686–1764

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, beni-e
Dimensions: 43.2 × 64.3 cm (17 1/16 × 25 3/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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