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The Courtesans Watarai and Shigenoi from the Mara Ebiya by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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The Courtesans Watarai and Shigenoi from the Mara Ebiya

The Courtesans Watarai and Shigenoi from the Mara Ebiya

The Courtesans Watarai and Shigenoi from the Mara Ebiya

Kitagawa Utamaro

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
Dimensions: Paper: H. 38.5 x W. 25.7 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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