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The Hōryūkaku, from Hakkenden (Tale of eight dogs)

19th century

Medium

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

13 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (35.4 × 25.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harold de Raasloff, 1918

Classification

Prints

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Utagawa Yoshitsuna

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