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Two Girls Looking at a Monkey by Yanagawa Shigenobu — VisualArtsDB

Two Girls Looking at a Monkey

Two Girls Looking at a Monkey

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink, color and embossing on paper
Dimensions: Paper: H. 20.4 cm x W. 18.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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