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Ehon mushi erami by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Ehon mushi erami

Ehon mushi erami

Ehon mushi erami

Kitagawa Utamaro

Medium: Woodblock- printed book; 2 vols.
Dimensions: 27 × 18.5 cm (10 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Genre: Book
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

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