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(Beauty Holding a Firefly Cage) by Ishikawa Toyonobu — VisualArtsDB

(Beauty Holding a Firefly Cage)

(Beauty Holding a Firefly Cage)

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Medium: Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink, color, and gofun on paper
Dimensions: 43 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (111.5 x 19 cm) (image) 75 9/16 x 14 3/4 in. (192 x 37.5 cm) (mount) 43.5cm w w/roller
Genre: Painting
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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