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Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

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Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles

Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles

Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles

Kitao Shigemasa

1800–1833

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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