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Tale of a Strange Marriage (Konkai Zoshi)
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Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1957
Title: Tale of a Strange Marriage (Konkai Zoshi)
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Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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