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Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case

Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case

Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case

Kitagawa Utamaro

1805–1815

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 75 x 24.2 cm (29 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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