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Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Asazuma in Her Boat (Asazuma-bune)

Kamisaka Sekka made preparatory drawings for his Flowers of a Hundred Worlds series on tracing paper with ink and color. The freehand sketches are much looser than the finished, printed compositions.

Credit: John L. Severance Fund

1909
Ink and color on paper
1989.85.6
Image and text courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022

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