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Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — VisualArtsDB

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Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1867–1899

Medium: Center panel(?) from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: paper: H. 35.6 x W. 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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