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The Poet Sugawara Michizane by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

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The Poet Sugawara Michizane

The Poet Sugawara Michizane

The Poet Sugawara Michizane

Kitao Shigemasa

1760–1764

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e
Dimensions: 31.8 × 14 cm (12 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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