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Katsushika Hokusai

Recycling Paper, illustration for The Fulling-block Shell (Kinuta gai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
20 × 17.5 cm (7.9 × 6.9 in)

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