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Wanting to Let It Go (Nigashite yaritai)/ Arrowroot from Yoshino in Yamato Province (Yamato Yoshino kuzu), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861),
Publisher Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese),
Blockcutter Nakamura Tôkichi (Hori Me-Tô) (Japanese)
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month