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Kishū Kumano iwatake tori
by
Hiroshige II
, a
Japanese woodblock print
in the
ukiyo-e
style, depicting the harvesting of
iwatake mushrooms
(
Umbilicaria esculenta
) near
Kumano
in the
Kishū Domain
. Actually a
lichen
that grows on rocks, iwatake (literally, "rock mushroom") are used in East Asia as both a food source and medicine.
Restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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