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Joy of the Waves (Nami no yorokobi)

(Japanese, 1927–2020)
1979 (Shôwa 54)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 51.3 × 34.7 cm (20 3/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Bressler family
Accession number2014.2272
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance2014, year-end gift of Lorraine Bressler, Boston to the MFA. (Accession date: February 25, 2015)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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