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Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers) by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

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Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers)

Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers)

Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers)

Kitao Shigemasa

1805–1827

Medium: Woodblock printed book (3 volumes); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 22.5 x 15.7 x 1.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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