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Garden of Cursive Drawings (Ryakuga-en) 略画苑 by Kuwagata Keisai — VisualArtsDB

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Garden of Cursive Drawings (Ryakuga-en) 略画苑

Garden of Cursive Drawings (Ryakuga-en) 略画苑

Garden of Cursive Drawings (Ryakuga-en) 略画苑

Kuwagata Keisai

1823

Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 11/16 × 7 3/16 in. (27.2 × 18.3 cm)
Genre: Illustrated books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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