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The Roles Reversed, no. 12 from a series of 12 prints by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

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The Roles Reversed, no. 12 from a series of 12 prints

The Roles Reversed, no. 12 from a series of 12 prints

The Roles Reversed, no. 12 from a series of 12 prints

Okumura Masanobu

1703–1713

Medium: Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
Dimensions: 26.8 × 37.9 cm (10 9/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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