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Shadows on the Shoji by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Shadows on the Shoji

Shadows on the Shoji

Shadows on the Shoji

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790–1799

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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