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Kabuki Theatre Art

A collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints depicting Kabuki actors and scenes, showcasing vivid colors and intricate costumes.

Japanese actors by Utagawa Toyokuni, color woodcut, 1795-1799, 1769-1825, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 38x25
Japanese actors by Utagawa Toyokuni, color woodcut, 1795-1799, 1769-1825, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 38x25
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Japan, Kurando, Kikishutei, Doll and stand for bow and arrow, A holder for a bow and arrow with next to it a doll with costume and make-up for the leading role in the play Shibaraku. With one poem., print, prent, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 127 mm, width 183 mm, print maker, prentenmaker, 1790 - 1800, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock print, poet
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Momoyogusa = Flowers of a Hundred Generations, Kamisaka Sekka, 1866 - 1942. Japanese woman.
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The Tenjin Shrine Scrolls one of a pair, early 17th century, Tosa School, Japanese, active early 15th - 19th century, 10 3/16 × 251 7/16 in. (25.88 × 638.7 cm) (image)15 × 284 5/8 in. (38.1 × 723 cm) (including roller bar/oshedake), Ink and color on paper, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, Sugawara Michizane (845-903) was a celebrated statesman and scholar during Japan's classic Heian period. In order to undermine Michizane's reputation, his rivals at court falsely accused him of plotting to kill the emperor. As a result, he was exiled to the island of Kyushu where he eventually died. Later, several calamities at court were attributed to Michizane's vengeful spirit. Here, Michizane is shown as the god of thunder in the clouds above. His rage causes the courtiers who conspired against him to be struck by lightning. In order to placate Michizane's ghost, the emperor deified him as the Shinto god Tenjin (Heavenly Being) and dedicated shrines to him in Kyoto and Kyushu.
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Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya early 1800s Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Japan. early 1800s. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints
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Portraits of Three Famous Poets: Hitomaro (M) Ise (R) Komachi (L) Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese Tosa Mitsunari Japanese Tosa Mitsutaka Japanese 1691 A trio of Tosa painters—father, son, and grandson—collaborated to create this triptych of imaginary portraits of three of the greatest poets of ancient Japan. In the center scroll, the patriarch of Japanese poetry Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (ca. 660-724), shown in his typical pose leaning on an arm rest with writing accoutrements beside him, was painted by Mitsuoki—the esteemed head of the official painting bureau from 1654 until his death. Lady Ise, in gorgeous court robes, shown in the right scroll, was created by Mitsunari, Mitsuoki’s son. The court lady and poet Ono no Komachi (ca. 825- ca. 900), shown with a water basin before her, is the creation of Mitsutaka, the Tosa master’s grandson. Thus, this magnificent set of poet portraits is not only celebrating the esteemed place of waka (31-syllable court poetry) in Japanese cultura
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fine arts, Japan, woodcut, actor as Samurai in moonlit night, coloured woodcut, mid 19th century, private collection,
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Hanging scroll titled 'Beauty with a cat' by Joran (active late 1790s - early 1800s). Dated 18th Century
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Tea house waitress reading a letter, utagawa kunisada (i), 1825 - 1830 Woman sitting at wooden tea window with blue and white tea cups, reading a letter; In cartouche at the top right an image of a hairdresser the huge head of the god Fukurokuju shaving (often a sexual reference). Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut Woman sitting at wooden tea window with blue and white tea cups, reading a letter; In cartouche at the top right an image of a hairdresser the huge head of the god Fukurokuju shaving (often a sexual reference). Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut
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Hiroshige II ( 2, 1829 - October 21, 1869) was a designer of ukiyo-e and Japanese woodblock prints. He was born Suzuki Chinpei (). He became a student and the adopted son of Hiroshige, then was given the artistic identity of, 'Shigenobu'. When the senior Hiroshige died in 1858, Shigenobu married his master’s daughter, Otatsu. Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - January 12, 1865) (Japanese: , also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III ) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
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A laughing servant-boy holding a teapot observes the silhouette of an older servant, who is standing behind a screen, preparing to swallow a small fish. Woodcut by Kunio, 1785.
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The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaid ( Kiso Kaid Rokujky-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) and Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). There are 71 total prints in the series (one for each of the 69 post stations and Nihonbashi; Nakatsugawa-juku has two prints). The common name for the Kiso Kaid is 'Nakasend' or 'Central Mountain Highway', so this series is also commonly referred to as the Sixty-nine Stations of the Nakasend. The Nakasend was one of the Five Routes constructed under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a series of roads linking the historical capitol of Edo with the rest of Japan. The Nakasend connected Edo with the then-capital of Kyoto. It was an alternate route to the Tkaid and travelled through the central part of Honsh, thus giving rise to its name, which means 'Central Mountain Road'. Along this road, there were sixty-nine different post stations (-shuku or -juku), which provi
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The Number 3 (San) for the Play Sanryaku no maki: Actor as Kiichi Hōgan. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1856, 8th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print
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Lady in a Bamboo Grove Attributed to Qiu Ying Chinese. Lady in a Bamboo Grove. Attributed to Qiu Ying (Chinese, ca. 1495-1552). China. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Paintings
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Women by Kitagawa Utamaro, color woodcut, circa 1795, 1754-1806, private collection
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The Third Sawamura Sojuro as a Man Standing with Feet Spread Widely Apart ca. 1795 Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 Japanese. The Third Sawamura Sojuro as a Man Standing with Feet Spread Widely Apart 36799
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Actors Bandō Takesaburō I as Men'oshidori no Sei (L), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Oshidori no Sei (C), and Bandō Kamezō I as Shimizu no Kanja Yoshitaka (R), 5th lunar month 1855, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Kagaya Kichibei; Carver: Sashichi, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 14 5/8 × 30 in. (37.15 × 76.2 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play Oshidori no shosa 鴦の所作, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the 5th lunar month 1855.
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BOCETO PARA ESCENARIO DE TEATRO (ESCENA JAPONESA). Author: RICHARD (S XX).
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Japan, Fukunoya, Gakutei, Yashima, Buke rokkasen, The Six Immortal Warrior Poets, Minamoto no Yoshiie, The General Minamoto no Yoshiie, The poet warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), seated with a book of poems in his right hand. With poem., print, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 211 mm, width 186 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1825 - 1825, second quarter 19th century, third quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind stamping, polishing, poet
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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Musashibo Benkei in the play The Subscription List (Kanjincho) 1890 Japan. Color woodblock prints; oban triptych . Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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a print by, 1890 - 1900, paper, papier, colour woodcut, kleurhoutsnede, Japanese, poet" Japan, Setsuri, Still life of tuna, carp and squid, Japan, A still life with a squid, carp and tuna. With two poems. The print is a b-copy and a mirrored variant of a design by Totoya Hokkei., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 210 mm, width 185 mm, print maker, prentmaker
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Tokyo Japan. Honkan Japanese Gallery at Tokyo National Museum
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A Breezy Day ca. 1770 Isoda Koryūsai Japanese The long hashira-e format is especially appropriate for prints about classical poetry for it recalls the shape of tanzaku, the slips of paper upon which poems were written. Koryūsai's print plays upon a poem by Bunya Yasuhide (act. 858-888):In its wake wither the autumn grasses and trees truly the wind on the mountain is to be deemed a vandal storm.. A Breezy Day 55168
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Pictorial Designs for All Artisans (Banshoku zukō 職図考), vol. 1, 1850, 1st month, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 8 3/4 × 6 × 1/2 in. (22.23 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm), Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Night View of the Matsuchiyama and Sam'ya Canal (Matsuchiyama San'yabori Yakei), No. 34 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Night View of the Matsuchiyama and Sam'ya Canal (Matsuchiyama San'yabori Yakei), No. 34 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 8th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). While some perceive this scene as sinister and strange, others see it as suggestive and romantic. In the dark background, at the foot of the hill Matsuchiyama and flanking the San'ya Canal and the pillars of the Imado Bridge, are the alluring lights of two restaurants. Stars glitter in the sky above and are reflected in the water below. In the foreground, a geisha follows the bright lantern of her attendant along the embankment. Hers is one of the few full portraits in the series. Perhaps returning from a banquet at one of the restaurants, she is an intriguing figure against the sultry backdrop. Asian Art 8th mont
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The Magnifying Glass. Artist: Toriyama Sekien (Japanese, 1712-1788). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); W. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm). Date: ca. 1775. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Hyakuman, from the series Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue) 1893-1903 Japan. Color woodblock print . Tsukioka Kôgyo
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Messenger of Love (Fumitsukai byobu-e). Date/Period: 1624 - 1644. Painting. Two-fold screen; ink, colors, and gold on paper Two-fold screen; ink, colors, and gold on paper. Author: JAPANESE CULTURE.
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Japanese handpainted scroll circa 1700. Depicts classical Japanese No Theatre
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Momoyogusa = Flowers of a Hundred Generations., Kamisaka, Sekka, (Artist), Date Issued: 1909.
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Fabric cut out unknown
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Woman playing game by Utagawa Kuniyasu, colour woodcut, 1820s, 1794-1832, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 36, 2x24, 3
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Center sheet of a kabuki triptych, 1884, Utagawa Kuniume, Japanese, 1866 - 1903, 13 9/16 × 8 7/8 in. (34.45 × 22.54 cm) (ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Tokyo, Watanabe Shôzaburô, Japan, Shirô, Kasamatsu, Shuzenji onsen, The hot springs of Shuzenji, below print - stamped, View of illuminated hotels along the Katsura River; blossoms in the foreground., print, prent, prints, Japan (collection), height 395 mm, width 269 mm, Japanese, 1898 - 1991, print maker, prentmaker, 1937 - 1937, second quarter 20th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, Publication (Event), Publication, 1885 - 1962, publisher
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Summer Moon in Nakasu, from the Series: Three Lunar Landscapes from Toto (EDO) /TOTO TSUKI NO SANKEI
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Japanese Woman. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)
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Fukusa (Gift Cover) Made 1875-1900 Japan. Mon side silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciledPatterned side silk, plain weave (shioze); resist-dyed, stenciled and possibly painted (y˚zenzÙme); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in knot, single satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; tasseled .
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Left sheet of a kabuki triptych, 1884, Utagawa Kuniume, Japanese, 1866 - 1903, 13 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (34.29 × 22.54 cm) (image, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Tsukudajima Gyoshoi. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 15/32 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm). Date: 1868. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Jilong on the Island of Taiwan. Date/Period: Meiji Period, dated 1895. Print. Tryptich woodblock print, ink and colors on paper Tryptich woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Height: 14.75 mm (0.58 in); Width: 30 mm (1.18 in). Author: Migita Toshihide.
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Shop curtain
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Kyoto, Sato Shotaro, Kanpo, Yoshikawa, Maruyama no yozakura, Cherry blossoms in the evening in Maruyama park, verso - stamped, print, prints, Japan (collection), height 278 mm, width 434 mm, 1894 - 1970, print maker, printmaker, 1925 - 1925, second quarter 20st century, second quarter 20th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher
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Moon-viewing Point (Tsuki no misaki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige
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fine arts, Sharaku, Toshusai, (active 1785 - 1796), graphics, ""actor portraits"", colour woodcut, private collection, Z™rich,
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - June 9, 1892), also named Taiso Yoshitoshi, was a Japanese artist. He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e, a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras - the last years of feudal Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Like many Japanese, Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world, but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many outstanding aspects of traditional Japanese culture, among them traditional woodblock printing.
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Couverture "L'Estampe Originale" Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901). Couverture "L'Estampe Originale," 1893. Color lithograph on wove paper, 22 1/4 x 25 3/16 in. (56.5 x 64 cm). European Art 1893
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Wall painting, Sulamani Pahto, Bagan
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Battledore
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George Chinnery (5 January 1774 - 30 May 1852) was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China. Chinnery was born in London and after training in England became a famous portrait painter in Ireland by 1802. He married his wife Marianne on 19 April 1799 in Dublin. His father owned several trading ships and his elder brother, William Chinnery, owned what is now Gilwell Park. He was a close friend of the artist, William Armfield Hobday. Chinnery ran into debt and went to India in 1802 on a ship named Gilwell. He there re-established himself as a painter, but debt prompted a move again in 1825, when he went to southern China. While in China, he mentored Lam Qua, who eventually became a renowned medical portrait painter. He travelled around the Pearl River Delta, between Macau and Canton (now Guangzhou). He had been to Hong Kong after the British founded the city, and subsequently fell ill. He died in Macau in 1852 and is buried in the Old Prot
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Pull a boat, kamisaka sekka, 1909 print Three men, bent forward, on bare feet, walking along water; The boat they pull on is not depicted. Kyoto paper color woodcut drawing, pulling something. adult man (+ three persons)
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Plate decorated with figure of young man wearing a turban, ceramic. Detail. Persia, 17th century.
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Tokyo, Yamaguchiya Tobei, Murata Heiemon, Kinugasa Fusajiro, Yokogawa Takejiro, Japan, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa, Koto nishiki imayo kunizukushi, A modern collection of the provinces in the Edo brocade style, Nagoya Sanzaburo in Mimasaka Province and Miyamoto Musashi in Bizen Province, Two images of famous heroes; above: the savage Nagoya Sanzaburo in the snow, with in the background, left, Takaki Tsurunojo and right, Fuwa Banzaemon in a snow-covered hut; below: a portrait of the actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in the role of the strongman Miyomoto Musashi, hiding among bamboo., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 366 mm, width 240 mm, Japanese, 1798 - 1861-04-14, print maker, printmaker, 1852 - 1852, third quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, nishiki-e, block cutter, censor, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Japan, Tokyo, Asakusa, Ukiyo-e Style Artwork on Shop Shutters
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Illustration of the Arrival of the Emperor at Shinbashi Station Following a Victory (Gaisen Shinbashi steshon gochaku no zu). Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each panel: 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Japan: Advertising poster for Shiseido Cosmetics, Ginza, Tokyo, Maeda Mitsugu, 1927
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Statue
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A painting of 18th century writer Cao Xueqin (Tsao Hsueh-chin) from the late 1950's by an unnamed artist.
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Studio Window, Isle Of Capri. Charles Caryl Coleman (1840-1928). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1897. 52.7 x 80cm
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HERFST EN WINTER, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1800-1880 print Left screen of two -part miniature folding screen; From right to left: Aki - autumn, two men and a woman at autumn branches; Fuyu - Winter, two women and a man at snowy bamboo branches. Back screen: blue and green flower pattern against gray background. paper color woodcut screen, folding screen
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The Love Letter 1764-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Suzuki Harunobu
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Chinese Porcelain Figurine at Window One China Restaurants, Germany 1093404134
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Statues
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Chinese with traditional straw hat, mural, street art, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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China, Beijing. Terracotta Warriors at a ceramics museum.
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Singapore: A wall painting by Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong in Mohamed Ali Lane, Chinatown, depicting a Chinese mask maker of times gone by.
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Silhouette Samurai, women in traditional clothing. Chinese style, Watercolor hand painting illustration. Silhouette Samurai. Chinese style. Watercolor hand painting illustration