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Asian Art
Public domain
Artist, attributed to: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849

Tengu and Ushiwaka Looking at Scroll

18th–19th century

Ink wash drawing

16 5/8 × 27 5/16 in. (42.3 × 69.4 cm)
Bought from Yamanaka, May 1938
1938.246
伝　葛飾北斎　牛若丸と天狗　紙本墨書下絵　江戸時代
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors
Provenance: 

Yamanaka & Co., New York; purchased in May 1938 by Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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