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KUNISADA. Genji, the Shining Prince. Oban yoko-e. 20th chapter. Colored woodcut. 225x340 mm. Sign: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei. Censored by Kinugasa and Watanabe. Good impression with bokashi gradient, small wormholes on margins that don't touch the illustration. From the series "Sono sugata yukari no utsushie" (Faithful Images of the Shining Prince Genji), 20th chapter, Asagao. Bokashi is a sophisticated technique for obtaining a variation of brightness and darkness of a single color or of several colors.
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KUNISADA. Genji, the Shining Prince. Oban yoko-e. 20th chapt
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