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Calling upon the Lady Tamakazura, from the illustrated book "Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukishi)", c. 1683. Hand-colored woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book.
Hand-colored woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book · 22.1 × 32.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Calling upon the Lady Tamakazura, from the illustrated book "Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukishi)"
- Artist
- Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, (?)-1694
- Date
- c. 1683
- Medium
- Hand-colored woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
- Dimensions
- 22.1 × 32.9 cm (8 5/8 × 13 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900
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