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Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna), Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese) (1753-1806)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1795–1796
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Dimensions
37.5 × 25.5 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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