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19th century fan painting by Kawanabe Kyosai A Japanese folk tale is immortalized in artwork, such as this 19th-century fan painting by Kawanabe Kyosai.

Kawanabe Kyosai / Sackler Gallery of Art, SI

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Frontier photography, Japanese folk tales, indigenous art and more

  • By Abby Callard
  • Smithsonian magazine, September 2009

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