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Lantern Float by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Lantern Float

Lantern Float

Kitagawa Utamaro

1800–1833

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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