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A Courtesan by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

A Courtesan

A Courtesan

Kitagawa Utamaro

1807

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 3/16 x 9 7/8 in. (36 x 25.1 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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