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Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach by Kobayashi Kiyochika — VisualArtsDB

Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika

1800–1899

Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (a): 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm) Image (b): 9 3/8 x 14 in. (23.8 x 35.6 cm) Image (c): 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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