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  • Album of Sample Prints, Vol. XII of XII collections object detail photo Album of Sample Prints, Vol. XII of XII

    ca. 1930s

    Japan

  • Netsuke in form of miniature jar with emerging octopus collections object detail photo Netsuke in form of miniature jar with emerging octopus

    18th-early 19th century

    Japan

  • He (no. 6) from the series <em>Instructive Index of All Sorts of Proverbs (Tatoe-gusa oshie hayabiki)</em> 「へ」 『譬諭草をしえ早引』 collections object detail photo He (no. 6) from the series Instructive Index of All Sorts of Proverbs (Tatoe-gusa oshie hayabiki) 「へ」 『譬諭草をしえ早引』

    mid 1840s

    Japan

  • <em>Cao Zheng, the Sword Wielding Devil (Sōtōki Sōsei)</em> from the series <em>One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)</em> 「操刀鬼曹正」 『通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個』 collections object detail photo Cao Zheng, the Sword Wielding Devil (Sōtōki Sōsei) from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori) 「操刀鬼曹正」 『通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個』

    ca. 1827-30

    Japan

  • Still life with fish, peach blossoms and birds collections object detail photo Still life with fish, peach blossoms and birds

    late 19th-early 20th century

    Japan

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