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Totoya Hokkei

The drummer, No. 1 (Sono ichi) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

1820s
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
20.6 × 18.5 cm (8.1 × 7.3 in)

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