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Messenger with a Letter, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo no matsu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork details

Date:
c. 1797/98
Medium:
Color woodblock print; oban
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
2430 × 3660 px
Museum record:
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