Shell of the Locust from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji — Unknown, 1600s

Shell of the Locust from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji, Unknown

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Credit: Gift of Vera Sterne in memory of her husband, Maurice Sterne
Licence: CC0-1.0
Evidence: openaccess-api.clevelandart.org: share_license_status=CC0 on artwork 448033 (read 2026-08-27)
Record: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.202.b

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