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Six Lions by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Six Lions

Six Lions

Katsushika Hokusai

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 17 3/8 × 11 11/16 in. (44.13 × 29.69 cm) (sight) 23 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (60.64 × 44.45 × 4.76 cm) (outer frame)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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