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Okumura Masanobu

Comb Rashomon (Sashigushi Rashomon), no. 3 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

c. 1716–35
Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
27.2 × 38.6 cm (10.7 × 15.2 in)

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