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Ito Jakuchu's "Mandarin Ducks in Snow, from Colorful Realm of Living Beings" is part of an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. running from March 30 - April 29, 2012. (Museum of the Imperial Collections), The Imperial Household Agency, Tokyo/MCT)

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