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Takigawa, from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin zoroe)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Takigawa, from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin zoroe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1794
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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