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Katsushika Hokusai

The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashinkyo)"

c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; nagaban
50.6 × 22.7 cm (19.9 × 8.9 in)

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