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Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790–1800

Medium: Color woodblock print; left 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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