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Lives of Courtesans at Itako (Itako zekku) 潮来絶句 by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Lives of Courtesans at Itako (Itako zekku) 潮来絶句

Lives of Courtesans at Itako (Itako zekku) 潮来絶句

Katsushika Hokusai

1802

Medium: Ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 3/8 in. (19.1 × 13.3 × 1 cm)
Genre: Illustrated Books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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