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Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara

Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara

Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 35.3 x 48.3 cm (13 7/8 x 19 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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