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Early Spring by Ryuryukyo Shinsai — VisualArtsDB

Early Spring

Early Spring

Ryuryukyo Shinsai

1750–1835

Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 7 7/16 in. (20.8 x 18.9 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

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