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The Beauty of the Floating World by Katsukawa Shunchô — VisualArtsDB

The Beauty of the Floating World

The Beauty of the Floating World

Katsukawa Shunchô

1780–1795

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

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