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Katsushika Hokusai

Fishing by Torch in Kai Province (Koshu hiburi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; chuban
18.8 × 26 cm (7.4 × 10.2 in)

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