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Picture Book of Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erami) by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Picture Book of Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erami)

Picture Book of Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1783–1793

Medium: Woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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