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Five Musicians (Gonin bayashi) by Torii Kiyonaga — VisualArtsDB

Five Musicians (Gonin bayashi)

Five Musicians (Gonin bayashi)

1778–1788

Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban pentaptych
Dimensions: (1) 25.6 × 19.4 cm; (2) 25.7 × 19.4 cm; (3) 25.6 × 19.2 cm; (4) 25.5 × 19.0 cm; (5) 25.6 × 19.4 cm
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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