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Parody of courtly insect hunt by Chôbunsai Eishi — VisualArtsDB

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Chôbunsai Eishi

1786–1797

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Dimensions: 39 × 73.5 cm (15 3/8 × 28 15/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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