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Pleasure Boat and Poetry Club Announcement by Torii Kiyonaga — VisualArtsDB

Pleasure Boat and Poetry Club Announcement

Pleasure Boat and Poetry Club Announcement

1785

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: paper: H. 36 x W. 53.7 cm (14 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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