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Katsushika Hokusai composed this work in 1820, during the Edo period—a moment when prints like this one passed quietly from hand to hand, carried in sleeves, traded between friends.

TITLE: Hiōgi
ARTIST: Katsushika Hokusai
YEAR: 1820
MEDIUM: Woodblock print, color, 20.7 × 18.7 cm

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