Hokusai Manga A giant toad and other vignettes

Volume XII, 1878 (later) edition; facing pages forming diptych, complete with all margins, each image area about 5" x 7".

A variety of vignettes of unclear relationship, including a giant toad, a woman whose face is seen through a powerful magnifying glass, and a ragged samurai (note hilts of two swords at upper right) carrying a large rock.

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