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Manufacturing Accountancy Books
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Manufacturing Accountancy Books

Ryûryûkyo Shinsai · 1809 · color woodcut; paper

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

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In a room, a woman holds a new ledger in her hands. Her assistant is busy with a stack of paper under a large weight hanging from a bamboo pole. Under a table in the background, more ledgers, one of which mentions the new year of the snake (1809). With three poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineManufacturing Accountancy Books. 1809. Ryûryûkyo Shinsai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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