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Drums and Shamisen by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Drums and Shamisen

Drums and Shamisen

Kitagawa Utamaro

1756–1806

Medium: Color woodblock print; aiban
Dimensions: 32.3 × 22.3 cm (12 3/4 × 8 13/16 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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