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Preliminary Drawings of Demons by Kawanabe Kyôsai — VisualArtsDB

Preliminary Drawings of Demons

Preliminary Drawings of Demons

Kawanabe Kyôsai

1867–1889

Medium: Wash drawing; ink on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. (23.2 x 33.7 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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