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Utagawa Yoshitora

風船昇遥図|Illustration of a Balloon Ascending (Fūsen shōyō no zu)

November, 1872
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
36.8 × 25.1 cm (14.5 × 9.9 in)

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