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The Embankment at Mimeguri by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

The Embankment at Mimeguri

The Embankment at Mimeguri

Kitagawa Utamaro

1799

Medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych
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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