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Samurai with drawn sword by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — VisualArtsDB

Samurai with drawn sword

Samurai with drawn sword

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1860

Medium: Preparatory drawing for a print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (25.08 × 18.1 cm) (sheet, vertical chūban) 16 1/2 × 11 13/16 in. (41.91 × 30 cm) (mount)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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