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Seitei’s Birds and Flowers Painting Manual by Watanabe Seitei — VisualArtsDB

Seitei’s Birds and Flowers Painting Manual

Seitei’s Birds and Flowers Painting Manual

Watanabe Seitei

1891

Medium: Woodblock printed book (Japanese-style binding); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 5/8 × 6 11/16 in. (24.5 × 17 cm)
Genre: Illustrated book
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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