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Author: Kit Brooks

Kit Brooks is The Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer and Sackler, specializing in prints and paintings of the Edo and Meiji periods. Kit began their career at the British Museum, and holds a PhD. in the history of Japanese art and architecture from Harvard University (2017).
Woodblock print illustration of depicts the courtier Fujiwara no Yasumasa (958-1036) strolling on a desolate moor and subduing a would-be robber with the seductive sounds of his flute.
April 23, 2021May 23, 2022

The Guiding Hand of Past Masters

Fujiwara no Yasumasa, Gerhard Pulverer Collection, Hakamadare, Illustrated Books, Japanese Art, Japanese Artists, Kikuchi Yōsai, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, World Book Day
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