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Chûbon no zu (Picture of the Middle Class)

» Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753–1806)

Artist / Origin	Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753–1806) Region: East Asia
Date	Edo period, ca. 1794–95 Period: 1400 CE - 1800 CE
Material	Oban woodcut Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography
Dimensions	H: 14 1/5 in. (36.3 cm.), W: 10 in. (25.3 cm.)
Location	Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art. Prints and Photographs. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. The New York Public Library, New York, New York
Credit	Courtesy of the New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY

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