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Isoda Koryusai

Calligraphy, from the series "Fashionable Versions of the Four Accomplishments (Furyu kinkishoga)"

c. 1776/81
Color woodblock print; oban
39.2 × 26.8 cm (15.4 × 10.6 in)

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