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Puppeteer by Okumura Toshinobu — VisualArtsDB

Puppeteer

Puppeteer

Okumura Toshinobu

1725–1735

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Dimensions: 31.8 × 14.7 cm (12 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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