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Katsushika Hokusai

百人一首　乳母か縁説　素胜法師|Poem by Sōsei Hōshi, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1921
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
24.8 × 37.5 cm (9.8 × 14.8 in)

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