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Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers) (vol.2) by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers) (vol.2)

Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers) (vol.2)

Kitao Shigemasa

1805–1827

Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 22.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Kitao Shigemasa, 1773

Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

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Plum Branch

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Kitao Shigemasa, 1775

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The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

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The Hand-Drum Player, from an untitled series of five musicians

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