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Sword Dancer by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

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Sword Dancer

Sword Dancer

Sword Dancer

Katsushika Hokusai

1800–1849

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 27 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (69.5 × 27.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 62 5/8 × 16 15/16 in. (159 × 43 cm) Overall with knobs: 62 5/8 × 19 in. (159 × 48.2 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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