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Bandō Mitsugorō No Satsuma Nokami Tadanori
UTAGAWA KUNIYASU1818

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Utagawa Kuniyasu composed this work in 1818, during the Edo period—a moment when prints like this one passed quietly from hand to hand, carried in sleeves, traded between friends.

TITLE: Bandō Mitsugorō No Satsuma Nokami Tadanori
ARTIST: Utagawa Kuniyasu
YEAR: 1818
MEDIUM: Woodblock print, color, 38.1 × 24.8 cm

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