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Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons
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Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Mary Griggs Burke Collection Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation 2015
Title: Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons
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Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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