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Courtesans Conversing through a Mosquito Net by Torii Kiyonaga — VisualArtsDB

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Courtesans Conversing through a Mosquito Net

Courtesans Conversing through a Mosquito Net

Courtesans Conversing through a Mosquito Net

1777–1787

Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Dimensions: 68.9 × 12 cm (27 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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