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Kanpei's Wife Okaru by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Kanpei's Wife Okaru

Kanpei's Wife Okaru

Kitagawa Utamaro

1806

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
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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