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Promise (Seiyaku no ukei), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuzuki)"
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Promise (Seiyaku no ukei), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780-1850 · 1831 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

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Credit linePromise (Seiyaku no ukei), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuzuki)". 1831. Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780-1850. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus. CC0.
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