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Beauties of the East by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

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Beauties of the East

Beauties of the East

Beauties of the East

Kitao Shigemasa

1772–1792

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 11/16 x 10 in. (37.3 x 25.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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