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Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura by Isoda Koryusai — VisualArtsDB

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

1771–1782

Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Dimensions: 69.9 × 11.8 cm (27 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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