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Watchtower Hill (Ehon monomigaoka) 絵本物見岡 by Torii Kiyonaga — VisualArtsDB

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Watchtower Hill (Ehon monomigaoka) 絵本物見岡

Watchtower Hill (Ehon monomigaoka) 絵本物見岡

Watchtower Hill (Ehon monomigaoka) 絵本物見岡

1600–1868

Medium: Two volumes; polychrome woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions: Each: 8 3/4 × 6 3/8 × 1/4 in. (22.2 × 16.2 × 0.6 cm)
Genre: Illustrated books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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