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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II by Utagawa Kunisada I — VisualArtsDB

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

Utagawa Kunisada I

1861

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 35.6 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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