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Beating the Second Wife According to the Old Custom by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Beating the Second Wife According to the Old Custom

Beating the Second Wife According to the Old Custom

Utagawa Hiroshige

1852

Medium: Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 36.1 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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