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Three Courtesans by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Three Courtesans

Three Courtesans

Three Courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro

1615–1806

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. (37.1 x 25.7 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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women

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