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Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony

Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790–1794

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Overall: 38.2 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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