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Girls Gathering Shells on the Sea-shore by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Girls Gathering Shells on the Sea-shore

Girls Gathering Shells on the Sea-shore

Girls Gathering Shells on the Sea-shore

Kitagawa Utamaro

1780–1800

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 9 in. (36.8 x 22.9 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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