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Also Known As woodblock • wood-block print

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Hiroshige: No. 26 Mochizuki
Open artist's book by Josef Vachal showing a woodcut portrait of a man on the left page and colorful illustrated title text with figures on the right page.
Edvard Munch: The Kiss
Okumura Masanobu: Hanshozuku Bijin Soroi
Bashō
woodcut: samisen player
Fleeing Refugees
koto player
koto player
Hiroshige: Maiko Beach in Harima Province
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