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Fish in a Whirlpool by Kawanabe Kyôsai — VisualArtsDB

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Fish in a Whirlpool

Fish in a Whirlpool

Fish in a Whirlpool

Kawanabe Kyôsai

1877–1897

Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (35.9 x 27.3 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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