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Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

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Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

Kitao Shigemasa

1771–1781

Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Dimensions: 73.1 × 11.5 cm (28 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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