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A Geisha with a Shamisen

A Geisha with a Shamisen

Kitagawa Kikumaro

1805–1825

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Aiban; H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); W. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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