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Picture Book on Heroes of China and Japan (Ehon wakan no homare) 絵本和漢誉

1850 (designed ca. 1836; published posthumously)
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  • 絵本和漢誉
  • Title: Picture Book on Heroes of China and Japan (Ehon wakan no homare) 絵本和漢誉
  • Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1850 (designed ca. 1836; published posthumously)
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
  • Dimensions: 9 1/16 × 6 3/8 in. (23 × 16.2 cm)
  • Classification: Illustrated Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.882
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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