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Peonies and Butterfly by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

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Peonies and Butterfly

Peonies and Butterfly

Peonies and Butterfly

Katsushika Hokusai

1833

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 15/16 × 14 5/8 in. (25.3 × 37.1 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal ōban) 19 × 23 × 1 1/2 in. (48.26 × 58.42 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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