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A Picture Book of Japanese Warriors
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Polychrome Woodblock printed book, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Howard Mansfield Collection Gift of Howard Mansfield 1936
Title: A Picture Book of Japanese Warriors
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Polychrome Woodblock printed book, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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