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An Auspicious Dream by Isoda Koryusai — VisualArtsDB

An Auspicious Dream

An Auspicious Dream

1770–1781

Medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of double hashira-e
Dimensions: 68 × 11.8 cm (26 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Isoda Koryusai, 1765

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Isoda Koryusai, 1767

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Isoda Koryusai, 1771

Young Woman Hanging a Mosquito Net as Cat Plays at Her Feet

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Isoda Koryusai, 1767

Young Man Admiring a Girl through a Barred Window

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Isoda Koryusai, 1765

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Isoda Koryusai, 1765