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Woman Holding a Song Book
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Woman Holding a Song Book

Katsushika Hokusai · 1800 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A woman with a songbook. She probably represents Keiko (Liu Ling in Chinese), one of the Seven Sages. With two poems.

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surimono
Credit lineWoman Holding a Song Book. 1800. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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