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Ladies Playing Instruments, early 19th century. Color woodblock print; long surimono.
Color woodblock print; long surimono · 19.3 × 51.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Ladies Playing Instruments
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyasu Japanese, 1794-1832
- Date
- early 19th century
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; long surimono
- Dimensions
- 19.3 × 51.5 cm (7 9/16 × 20 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.





