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c. 1868-1875

Dish

Fukagawa Eizaemon VIII

Japanese, 1832 - 1889

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In anticipation of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the Japanese government commissioned artists to create designs for ceramics. The drawing of a dragon by Nōtomi Keisuke may have served as a model for the one on this dish.

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