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Cats Imitating the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarter, Kitagawa Utamaro

Cats Imitating the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarter

青樓仁和嘉・通ひけり恋路の猫又 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
18th century
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Collection
Tokyo National Museum, Japan
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
ColBase (https://colbase.nich.go.jp)

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