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Hawk on a Plum Branch by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Hawk on a Plum Branch

Hawk on a Plum Branch

Hawk on a Plum Branch

Kitagawa Utamaro

1800

Medium: Color woodblock print; aiban
Dimensions: 32.8 × 22.6 cm (12 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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