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Lighting a Hanging Lantern for the Obon Festival by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

Lighting a Hanging Lantern for the Obon Festival

Lighting a Hanging Lantern for the Obon Festival

1870–1880

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.2 x 16.2 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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