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An Illustrated New Edition of the Water Margin, 1823/25. Ink on paper; woodblock-printed books.
Ink on paper; woodblock-printed books · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- An Illustrated New Edition of the Water Margin (Shinpen Suikogaden)
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849
- Date
- 1823/25
- Medium
- Ink on paper; woodblock-printed books
- Credit line
- Frederick W. Gookin Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.