Bunraku Puppetry from the series Competition of Precious…

Kitagawa Utamaro II • 1805

Bunraku Puppetry from the series Competition of Precious Children…, 1805

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Bunraku Puppetry from the series Competition of Precious Children Proud of their Arts, Among Seven Scrolls (芸自慢子宝合せ七幅之内(文楽)), 1805. Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, d. 1831?). Color woodblock print; 36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.1033