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Original Woodblocks for the Servants of the Dragon King of the Sea: Fish and Shells (Tatsu no miyatsuko gyokai fu) 草花略画式

ca. 1800
Not on view

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  • 草花略画式
  • Title: Original Woodblocks for the Servants of the Dragon King of the Sea: Fish and Shells (Tatsu no miyatsuko gyokai fu) 草花略画式
  • Artist: Kuwagata Keisai 鍬形蕙斎 (Japanese, 1764–1824)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: ca. 1800
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Four woodblocks for printed books
  • Dimensions: framed each: 13 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (35 × 23 cm)
  • Classification: Woodblocks
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.776a–d
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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