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CONTESTS OF THE FAVORITE COURTESANS,"HANATERU OF OGIYA"

CONTESTS OF THE FAVORITE COURTESANS,"HANATERU OF OGIYA"

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: Paper: H. 35.6 cm x W. 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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CONTESTS OF THE FAVORITE COURTESANS,"HANATERU OF OGIYA" by Kitagawa Utamaro II — VisualArtsDB