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Kuwana, The Story of the Sailor Tokuzo (Kuwana, Funanori Tokuzo no den), from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido Road (Tokaido goju-san tsugi)

Woodblock print, depicting the sea monster Umibozu appearing to the captain Kawanaya Tokuzo, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Kojimaya Jubei, circa 1845

Vertical oban (37.1 x 24.4 cm.)

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Published in: B. W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi, (London, 1961), no. 49
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View other impressions of the same design in museum collections here, and here,
both at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (accession numbers 11.30453 and 11.45385.43), and here, at The British Museum (museum number 2008,3037.04346)

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