Art Institute of Chicago
Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken
Chobunsai Eishi
- Date
- c. 1793/94
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban yoko-e
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- AAT300041273
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