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Okyo's Painting Comes to Life
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet printed with two prints in chuban format. Top: The painter Maruyama Okyo startled by the ghost he painted, which suddenly comes to life. Bottom: The painter Sesshu as a child, tied to a tree after playing a prank, looking at the mice he drew in the sand with his toe, which have come to life.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOkyo`s schildering komt tot leven. 1882. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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