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Yoshiwara Impromptu

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Date
c. 1797/98
Medium
Color woodblock prints; oban septaptych
Dimensions
38.2 × 177.8 cm (15 × 70 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Yoshiwara Impromptu, c. 1797/98, Color woodblock prints; oban septaptych, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Clarence Buckingham Collection

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