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Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll

Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll

Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll

Kitagawa Utamaro

1753–1806

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 35 x 22.3 cm (13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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