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Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna) by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna)

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790–1801

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 37.5 × 25.5 cm (9 7/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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