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Dancer with hand puppet of horse
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Dancer with hand puppet of horse

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/161144 · 1786

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Colour woodblock print, Dancer with hand puppet of horse by Kitao Shigemasa, Japan, 1786. Picture calendar print (egoyomi) for the year Tenmei 6 (1786) with poem signed Shōbai Tomotake. The character dai (large/long) and numbers for the months 2, 4, 7, 9, intercalary 10 and 12 are written on the dancer’s sash.

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