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The Tokugawa Shōgun Watches the Boatmen Fighting with Watermelons at the Ohama Palace

Alternate TitleMen swimming and playing with balls

Printmaker Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)

Date1889

Place createdJapan, Asia

Mediumcolor woodcut

DimensionsPart (a): 14 9/16 × 10 in. (37 × 25.4 cm)
Part (b): 14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in. (36.8 × 25.2 cm)
Part (c): 14 7/16 × 9 7/8 in. (36.7 × 25.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineGift of the Robert F. Blum Estate

Accession Number1906.231a-c

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