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Katsushika Hokusai

百人一首　乳母かえ説　元良親王|Poem by Motoyoshi Shinnō, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

ca. 1839
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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