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A flight of tengu rescuing Tametomo from the attack of a giant fish, woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)

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A flight of tengu rescuing Tametomo from the attack of a giant fish, woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)

A flight of tengu rescuing Tametomo from the attack of a giant fish, woodblock...

Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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