A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei
Kitagawa Utamaro · n.d.
Provenance
Ownership history
- Susan Evans, Boston; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Nov. 17, 1936; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 17, 1936.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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