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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

歌川國芳画　「源氏雲浮世画合　空蝉 / 曾我五郎時致」|“‘A Molted Cicada Shell’ (Utsusemi): Soga Gorō Tokimune,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)

ca. 1845–61
Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
35.6 × 23.3 cm (14 × 9.2 in)

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