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Two Courtesans by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Two Courtesans

Two Courtesans

Two Courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro

1753–1806

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 38.2 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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