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A Pair of Lovers by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

A Pair of Lovers

A Pair of Lovers

Kitagawa Utamaro

1795

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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