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A Monkey Trainer and His Monkey by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

A Monkey Trainer and His Monkey

A Monkey Trainer and His Monkey

Okumura Masanobu

1720–1730

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Dimensions: 32.8 × 16.1 cm (13 × 6 1/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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