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A Young Woman Reading A Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

A Young Woman Reading A Letter

A Young Woman Reading A Letter

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790–1799

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (36.8 x 25.7 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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