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Frolicking Figures and Animals by Kawanabe Kyôsai — VisualArtsDB

Frolicking Figures and Animals

Frolicking Figures and Animals

Kawanabe Kyôsai

1831–1889

Medium: Handscroll; wash drawing
Dimensions: 20 ft. 8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (629.9 x 27.6 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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