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Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬 Japanese
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鯉の鱗
Title: The Scales of the Carp (Koi no uroko 鯉の鱗), Illustrations of Poets
Artist:
Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬 (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1815 (Bunka 12)
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions: 8 11/16 × 6 1/8 in. (22 × 15.6 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Object Number: 2013.709
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