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Okumura Masanobu

Child Attendant and Bald Tengu of Mt. Kurama (Kaburo Kurama Tengu), no. 7 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

c. 1716/35
Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
27.1 × 38.9 cm (10.7 × 15.3 in)

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