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Moon-Mad Monk (Kyōgetsubō) 狂月坊 by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Moon-Mad Monk (Kyōgetsubō) 狂月坊

Moon-Mad Monk (Kyōgetsubō) 狂月坊

Kitagawa Utamaro

1789

Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink, color, and brass dust on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.5 × 19 cm)
Genre: Illustrated Books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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