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Yashima Gakutei

三味線の調弦|Woman Tuning a Shamisen and a Cat Looking at its Own Reflection

mid- 1820s
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
20.8 × 18.6 cm (8.2 × 7.3 in)

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