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Yoshiwara Impromptu by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Yoshiwara Impromptu

Yoshiwara Impromptu

Kitagawa Utamaro

1792–1803

Medium: Color woodblock prints; oban septaptych
Dimensions: 38.2 × 177.8 cm (15 × 70 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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