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Servant throwing bundles of branches into waterfall by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

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Servant throwing bundles of branches into waterfall

Servant throwing bundles of branches into waterfall

Servant throwing bundles of branches into waterfall

Katsushika Hokusai

1805–1815

Medium: Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
Dimensions: 19.7 × 53.4 cm (7 3/4 × 21 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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