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Uba by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

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Uba

Uba

1850–1870

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.1 cm) Mat: 15 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. (38.7 × 57.8 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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