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Ink print of three men struggling with large eels beside a paper lantern and a woven basket.

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A monochrome woodblock style print shows three figures wrestling with large eels that rise vertically from the lower left. Two men grip the writhing eels while a third figure hangs from one of them, and a paper lantern with Japanese characters stands behind them. The work is attributed to Katsushika Hokusai and dated 1838.

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1838

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