Courtesan Seated at a Writing Table — Utagawa Toyohiro

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Artist: Utagawa Toyohiro
Date: 1797
Medium: color woodblock print
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions: [object Object]
Collection: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Credit line: Bequest of James Parmelee

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