"Haiku poems are like truth born from lies." Yamana Yakakahe Urazato (Bandō Mitsugorō VI)

Artist/Maker Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周 (Japanese, 1835–1900)

Date1867

MediumColor woodblock print

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (34.3 × 23.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dominique H. Vasseur (OC 1973)

Object number2025.14.105

Status

Not on view

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