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Katsushika Hokusai

百人一首　乳母か絵とき　参議篁|Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

ca. 1835
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
26 × 37.5 cm (10.2 × 14.8 in)

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