Tokiwa at Fushimi (Fushimi Tokiwa) and Tokiwa's disputation (Tokiwa mondō) from the Picture scrolls of ballad dramas (Mai no hon emaki)

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Time: 1601-1700
Owner Organization: The Chester Beatty Library

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