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An Imperial Carriage by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

An Imperial Carriage

An Imperial Carriage

Kitagawa Utamaro

1796–1809

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Dimensions: Overall: 37.6 × 74.6 cm (14 13/16 × 29 3/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, right (Furyu hana no ka asobi, jo)

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Hour of the Dog (Inu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

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Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties" ("Tosei bijin san’yu")

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