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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Emperor Wen of Han (Kan no Buntei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

c. 1848/50
Color woodblock print; chuban
24.9 × 17.8 cm (9.8 × 7 in)

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