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Pleasure with the Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin asobi) by Hishikawa Moronobu — VisualArtsDB

Pleasure with the Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin asobi)

Pleasure with the Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin asobi)

Hishikawa Moronobu

1668–1678

Medium: Woodblock-printed book, sumizuri-e
Dimensions: 27.3 × 19.1 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Genre: book
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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