DETAILS
- Artist
- Nishimura Shigenaga
- Date
- 1697
- Medium
- Woodblock print; hosoban, sumizuri-e
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- 29.4 × 13.8 cm (11 9/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- Arts of Asia
- Culture
- Japan
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener
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