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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

歌川国芳画　「高祖御一代略図　 小室山法論石」|Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Rock Suspended by the Power of Prayer on Komuro Mountain

1835–36
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
22.5 × 34.9 cm (8.9 × 13.7 in)

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