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Toyohara Kunichika

豊原国周筆　当世庶民風俗画帖|Artisans, Beauties, and Annual Events

1874
Thirty paintings mounted as an accordion album; ink, color, gold and gold flecks on silk
30.2 × 33.3 cm (11.9 × 13.1 in)

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