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Triptych: Actors

Artists

Kuniaki IArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

34 x 70.6 cm (13 3/8 x 27 13/16 in.)

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