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Shells under Water by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Shells under Water

Shells under Water

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. (23.2 x 36.8 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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