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Turtle from Ōkyo Picture Book

Maruyama Ōkyo

Cleveland Museum of Art

A book with yellowed pages is open to two facing pages. A drawing of a turtle is on the right page. The turtle faces left. Its legs are tucked into its shell except for its front two legs which are stretched out in front. The turtle's head faces left and it has a long neck. The turtle's tail is long. The shell has a geometric pattern. There are four lines of Japanese characters on the right side of the right page. A red square seal with characters is below the characters. The background behind the book is gray.

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900 × 671 px
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