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Detail from Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1835.

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Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura) (Detail)

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Date

1835

Source

The Metropolitan Museum

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