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Caricatures of Laughing Actors Scribbled on a Wall (Hakumensho kabe no mudagaki), Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Caricatures of Laughing Actors Scribbled on a Wall (Hakumensho kabe no mudagaki)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese) (1798-1861)

Movement
Japanese woodblock print
Date
c. 1848–1851
Medium
Colour woodcut on paper
Dimensions
35.4 × 24.9 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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