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"citation": "Yamane, Yu\u0304zo\u0304 \u5c71\u6839\u6709\u4e09, Shu\u0304jiro\u0304 Shimada \u5cf6\u7530\u4fee\u4e8c\u90ce, and Terukazu Akiyama \u79cb\u5c71\u5149\u548c. Zaigai Nihon no shiho\u0304 [\u5728\u5916\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u81f3\u5b9d = Japanese art: selections from western collections]. To\u0304kyo\u0304: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.",
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"citation": "Zenzo Shimizu. \"Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada,\" Ars Buddhica \u4f5b\u6559\u85dd\u8853, no. 126 (September 1979), part I, pp. 67\u201388.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: fig. 29, p. 74",
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"citation": "Iwata, Shigeki. \"Gigaku Masks at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Tsunashiki Tenmangu Shrine.\" Bulletin of the Nara National Museum 23 (March 2021): 15\u201322.",
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