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An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari) by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB

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An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

Kitao Shigemasa

1780–1800

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 8 2/4 in. (21.6 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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