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Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790–1801

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 39.2 × 26.6 cm (15 7/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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