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Katsukawa Shunsho

"Mu," page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)"

1795
Color woodblock print; koban; page from illustrated book
21.8 × 15.4 cm (8.6 × 6.1 in)

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