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Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki) by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)

Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1793–1803

Medium: Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
Dimensions: Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.5 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Center sheet: 37.8 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Left sheet: 37.8 × 26.2 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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