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Utagawa Hiroshige

Killing One Thousand People at Gojo Bridge (Gojo no hashi sennin kiri), from the series "Scenes from the Life of Yoshitsune (Ushiwaka zue)"

c. 1849/52
Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e
23.1 × 30.2 cm (9.1 × 11.9 in)

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