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Bamboo

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)

Bamboo, 18th–19th century

Unmounted painting; ink on paper

27.3 × 17.5 cm (10 ¾ × 7 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Annette Young, in memory of her brother, Innis Young, 1956

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