Peonies and Irises, from the album "Pictures after Nature", Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1814

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Peonies and Irises, from the album 'Pictures after Nature', Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1814, Japan, Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, 10 × 13 1/4 × 1/4 in. ( × × cm), Illustrated Books, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), These prints comprise two of the fifteen color illustrations in the large-scale Pictures after Nature, a deluxe folding album. All the pictures were carefully printed on heavy paper of excellent quality

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