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An Impossible Feat by Imaginary Men, no. 8 from a series of 12 prints
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An Impossible Feat by Imaginary Men, no. 8 from a series of 12 prints

Okumura Masanobu , Japanese, 1686-1764 · c. 1708 · Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

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Credit lineAn Impossible Feat by Imaginary Men, no. 8 from a series of 12 prints. c. 1708. Okumura Masanobu , Japanese, 1686-1764. The Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. CC0.
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