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Yashima Gakutei

Brush: Lady Wei (Fude: Ei fujin), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)"

c. 1827
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
21.7 × 19.3 cm (8.5 × 7.6 in)

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