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Pictures by Famous Artists (Meika gafu) 名家画譜

1814
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Object Information
  • Title: Pictures by Famous Artists (Meika gafu) 名家画譜
  • Artist: Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (Japanese, 1716–1783) , and others
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1814
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: each: 11 × 7 1/2 in. (28 × 19 cm)
  • Classification: Illustrated Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.781a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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