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Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

Kitagawa Utamaro

1799–1810

Medium: Color woodblock print; naga-oban
Dimensions: 50.1 × 23.7 cm (19 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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