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The Lion Dance by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

The Lion Dance

The Lion Dance

Kitagawa Utamaro

1789

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Two Girls, from the series "Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Views of Famous Places (Meisho fukei bijin juni so)"

Two Girls, from the series "Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Views of Famous Places (Meisho fukei bijin juni so)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

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Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Embarking on Pleasure Boats in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1

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The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

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