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Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi) by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1788

Medium: Color woodblock printed books, two volumes
Dimensions: 27 × 18.3 cm (10 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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