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Picture Book: Flowers of Words by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Picture Book: Flowers of Words

Picture Book: Flowers of Words

Picture Book: Flowers of Words

Kitagawa Utamaro

1818

Medium: Woodblock printed book, ink on paper
Dimensions: 8 3/4 × 6 × 3/16 in. (22.23 × 15.24 × 0.48 cm)
Genre: Books & publications
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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