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Seiro niwaka by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Seiro niwaka

Seiro niwaka

Kitagawa Utamaro

1756–1806

Medium: Color woodblock print; aiban
Dimensions: 32.6 × 22.5 cm (12 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1756

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

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Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

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