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Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net

Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net

Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net

Kitagawa Utamaro

1788–1808

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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