The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashinkyo)"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Title

The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashinkyo)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality)

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1828–1839

Medium

Color woodblock print; nagaban

Dimensions

50.6 × 22.7 cm (19 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.3332

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