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An unidentified work in Kiyochika's catalog, designated abstract in its subject classification. In the broader context of Meiji-era printmaking, unidentified prints sometimes derive from illustrated books (ehon), calendars (egoyomi), or supplementary prints distributed with newspapers—formats that produced large quantities of graphic work not consistently documented in standard artist catalogs. Kiyochika contributed to multiple such publication formats across his career. The abstract classification may reflect imagery that is ornamental rather than narrative in character: decorative borders, publisher's colophons, background patterns, or graphic elements that formed part of larger composite works before their separation from their original publication context. Without surviving documentation of the specific publication or commission, these works resist placement within the artist's documented subject categories.