Art Institute of Chicago
The Courtesan Umegawa and Chubei from the Courier Service (Umegawa, Chubei)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
- Date
- c. 1797
- Medium
- Color woodblock print, hashira-e
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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