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On the Yoshida Highway, c. 1685. Creator: Sugimura Jihei

On the Yoshida Highway, c. 1685. An actor playing Miyako no O Kuni sits in an open second-floor room with an attendant. Ukiyo-no-suke, walking below, holds an umbrella over Kanto Koroku. Attributed to Sugimura Jihei

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Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga

Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. The author sits on a balcony in Ishiyama where she is said to have written the classic romance "Genji Monogatari" (Tale of Genji). Calligraphy brush in hand, she looks out at Lake Biwa

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Mu, page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)"

Mu, page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)", Japan, 1795

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