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Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seiro san bijin) by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seiro san bijin)

Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seiro san bijin)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1756–1806

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 38.4 × 25.4 cm (15 1/8 × 10 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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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

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