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Woman Holding a Round Fan by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Woman Holding a Round Fan

Woman Holding a Round Fan

Kitagawa Utamaro

1792–1802

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 39 × 26.4 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/16 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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