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The Hour of the Rat (Ne no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in the Modern World (Tôsei jûni-doki no uchi)
Artist Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887),
Publisher Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
1870 (Meiji 3), intercalary 10th month