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  • Topic:"Musical instruments"
  • Date:"1680s"
  • Date:"1650s"
  • Date:"1610s"
  • Place:"Japan"
  • Topic:"Art"
  • Date:"1630s"
  • Date:"1640s"
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    • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 19
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    • Japanese 19
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    • 1620s 19
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    • Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868) 19
    • Japanese Art 19
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