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Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book" by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Kitagawa Utamaro

1788–1802

Medium: Color woodblock print; horizontal o-tanzaku, surimono
Dimensions: 17.2 × 39.1 cm (6 13/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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