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A Lion Training a Cub by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

A Lion Training a Cub

A Lion Training a Cub

Utagawa Hiroshige

1827–1839

Medium: Color woodblock print; otanzaku
Dimensions: 38 × 17.2 cm (15 × 6 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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