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Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese
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Utamaro's bridge scene of beautiful courtesans is skilfully composed so as to function as a set of six (at right) or for viewing individually or in pairs as shown here.
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Title: Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1800
Culture: Japan
Medium: Two sheets of a hexaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (36.2 x 51.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911
Accession Number: JP663
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