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Drying and stretching cloth by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Drying and stretching cloth

Drying and stretching cloth

Kitagawa Utamaro

1753–1806

Medium: Color woodblock print, ōban, left sheet of a triptych
Dimensions: 38.5 × 25.8 cm (15 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Mat: 71.2 × 50.8 cm (28 × 20 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

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

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

Picture of Hideyoshi and his Five Wives Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Higashiyama (Taiko gosai rakuto yukan no zu)

Picture of Hideyoshi and his Five Wives Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Higashiyama (Taiko gosai rakuto yukan no zu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

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