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Toyohara Kunichika

今様源氏紫絹蛍遊び|Modern Genji – Firefly Viewing (Imayō genji shiken hotaru asobi)

1861
Central sheet of a triptych; woodblock print, ink and color on paper
36.9 × 25.5 cm (14.5 × 10 in)

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