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A fat old man sitting beside a large bell by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 — VisualArtsDB

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A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

1615

Medium: Ink and color on paper
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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bellsJapanese ArtmenUkiyo-eEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collection

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Signed: Hokusai Aratame (changed) Tameichi hitsu.

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