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A Battle in Mid-Stream by Torii Kiyonobu I — VisualArtsDB

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A Battle in Mid-Stream

A Battle in Mid-Stream

A Battle in Mid-Stream

Torii Kiyonobu I

1700–1715

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; ōban, tan-e
Dimensions: 54.1 × 28.5 cm (21 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.); Mat: 95.3 × 45.8 cm (37 1/2 × 18 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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