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Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans

Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans

Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro

1753–1806

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 33 x 23.6 cm (13 x 9 5/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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