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Yashima Gakutei

Two Chinese Women Examining Thread and a Spider’s Web in a Box, from the series "Diptych for the Drum Group"

c. 1824
Color woodblock prints with metallic pigment; surimono shikishiban diptych
20.6 × 18.4 cm (8.1 × 7.2 in)

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