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Catching Fireflies, Kitagawa Utamaro

Catching Fireflies

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1796–1797
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Dimensions
38.2 × 76.8 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0

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