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Boats upon Waves by Tawaraya Sôtatsu — VisualArtsDB

Boats upon Waves

Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sôtatsu

1634–1699

Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: 61 1/8 in. × 11 ft. 9 3/4 in. (155.2 × 360 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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