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Kitao Masanobu

Returning Sails of the Bamboo Knives (Takenaga no kihan), from the series ”Eight Views of Maids' Utensils (Jochu tedogu hakkei)"

late 18th century
Color woodblock print; chuban
26.4 × 18.1 cm (10.4 × 7.1 in)

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