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Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp by Totoya Hokkei — VisualArtsDB

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp

1825–1840

Medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych, surimono
Dimensions: 22 × 38 cm (8 11/16 × 15 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Totoya Hokkei, 1817

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Totoya Hokkei, 1800

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Totoya Hokkei, 1823

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Women and Men by the Bento Shop

Totoya Hokkei, 1801

Courtesan sitting on a veranda next to a lantern

Courtesan sitting on a veranda next to a lantern

Totoya Hokkei, 1814

Courtesan and Attendant

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Totoya Hokkei, 1801

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Totoya Hokkei, 1825

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Cock on Drum

Totoya Hokkei, 1815

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1817

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Totoya Hokkei, 1820