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Chōbunsai Eishi

鳥文斎栄之画　「浮世源氏八景 幻　落雁 薄雲　晴嵐」|Spirit Summoner; Wild Geese Returning Home (Maboroshi; Rakugan) (right) and A Thin Veil of Clouds; Clearing Weather (Usugumo; Seiran) (left), from the series Eight Views of The Tale of Genji in the Floating World (Ukiyo Genji hakkei)

1797–99
Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

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