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Illustration of a Deity from the Temukayama Shrine (Temuakayama Jinja)
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Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Title: Illustration of a Deity from the Temukayama Shrine (Temuakayama Jinja)
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