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Torii Kiyonobu, Sagamiya Yohei, 1719

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Artist: Torii Kiyonobu, Sagamiya Yohei ¹
Date: 1719 ¹
Medium: Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metalic flakes ¹
Original: 7,417 × 5,392 px ¹
License: Public domain (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bequest of Richard P. Gale

Object record, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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