Tanjo Ippan Roan (Models for Painting), volume three

Taki Katei

Meiji period (1868-1912), 1894

  • Titles Tanjo Ippan Roan (Models for Painting), volume three (Proper)
  • Artist Taki Katei, Japan, 1830 - 1901
  • Medium ink on paper
  • Dimensions 10 x 6 3/8 in. (25.4 x 16.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by an anonymous friend, AFI.443.2010.3
  • Work Type book of woodblock prints
  • Classification Books

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