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American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku) by Utagawa Yoshitora — VisualArtsDB

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American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)

American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)

American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)

Utagawa Yoshitora

1867

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 × 28 1/2 in. (35.6 × 72.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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