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Hour of Snake, Kept Woman by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Hour of Snake, Kept Woman

Hour of Snake, Kept Woman

Hour of Snake, Kept Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro

1798

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 15 1/4 × 10 1/8 in. (38.7 × 25.7 cm) (image, sheet, ōban)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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