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Creating surimono for the New Year by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Creating surimono for the New Year

Creating surimono for the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai

1825

Medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Dimensions: 21.1 × 18.5 cm (8 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Mat: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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