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A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")
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A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Created c. 1794/95

Curatorial Overview

“Iconic Japanese Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") woodblock print from the Edo/Meiji era.”

MediumColor woodblock print; oban
Dimensions37.9 × 25.1 cm (14 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
OriginJapanese
InstitutionThe Art Institute of Chicago
Accession No.1928.1040
Credit LineClarence Buckingham Collection
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