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Katsushika Hokusai

Wasp and turnip stalk, from "The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)"

c. 1814
Color woodblock print (album sheet)
22.5 × 33.8 cm (8.9 × 13.3 in)

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