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Descending Geese in the Archery Gallery (Yokyuba no Rakugan) by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

Descending Geese in the Archery Gallery (Yokyuba no Rakugan)

Descending Geese in the Archery Gallery (Yokyuba no Rakugan)

Kitao Shigemasa

1770–1779

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, trimmed
Dimensions: 26.1 × 14.7 cm (10 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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