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Katsushika Hokusai

百人一首　姥か恵と起　大中臣能宣朝臣|Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
25.4 × 35.9 cm (10 × 14.1 in)

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