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Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — VisualArtsDB

Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments

Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

1800–1861

Medium: Matted; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (41.9 x 59.7 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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