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The Poet Ariwara no Narihira on the bank of the Sumida River by Torii Kiyomitsu — VisualArtsDB

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The Poet Ariwara no Narihira on the bank of the Sumida River

The Poet Ariwara no Narihira on the bank of the Sumida River

The Poet Ariwara no Narihira on the bank of the Sumida River

Torii Kiyomitsu

1759–1769

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e
Dimensions: 31.8 × 14.3 cm (12 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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