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Jay and owl, Kitagawa Utamaro

Jay and owl

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1796
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Collection
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Rijksmuseum, public domain

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