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The Dance of the Beach Maidens by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

The Dance of the Beach Maidens

The Dance of the Beach Maidens

Kitagawa Utamaro

1800–1833

Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (38.7 x 74.9 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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