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Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Poet Fujiwara no Kiyotada from page 7A of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

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