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First Volume of Hokusai's Sketches (Hokusai gafu shohen)

First Volume of Hokusai's Sketches (Hokusai gafu shohen)

First Volume of Hokusai's Sketches (Hokusai gafu shohen)

Katsushika Hokusai

Medium: Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions: 23 x 16 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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First Volume of Hokusai's Sketches (Hokusai gafu shohen) by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB