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Sanbasō Dancer by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

Sanbasō Dancer

Sanbasō Dancer

Kitao Shigemasa

1800

Medium: Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 33 11/16 × 12 3/4 in. (85.57 × 32.39 cm) (image) 66 3/4 × 13 15/16 in. (169.55 × 35.4 cm) (mount, without roller)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Japan

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