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Ishikawa Toyonobu

Puppeteers - A Set of Three (Ayatsuri sanpukutsui)

c. 1752
Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e
29.9 × 43.2 cm (11.8 × 17 in)

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