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Poems on One Hundred Ghost Stories (Kyōka hyaku monogatari) 狂歌百物語

Masazumi Ryusai 正澄竜斎 Japanese

1853

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Poems on One Hundred Ghost Stories (Kyōka hyaku monogatari) 狂歌百物語, Masazumi Ryusai 正澄竜斎 (Japanese, active 19th century), Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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狂歌百物語

Title: Poems on One Hundred Ghost Stories (Kyōka hyaku monogatari) 狂歌百物語

Artist: Masazumi Ryusai 正澄竜斎 (Japanese, active 19th century)

Period: Edo period (1615–1868)

Date: 1853

Culture: Japan

Medium: Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: 9 × 6 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.2 × 3.8 cm)

Classification: Illustrated Books

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918

Object Number: JIB27

Chronology

Japan, 1800-1900 A.D.

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