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Lion and Dragon by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Lion and Dragon

Lion and Dragon

Kitagawa Utamaro

Medium: Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: Paper: H. 38.3 cm x W. 25.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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