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Artists

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Vertical ōban diptych

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Evening Snow at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no yosetsu) - Actors and Courtesans Getting on a Boat

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