Woodblock print, oban yoko-e. Eight grotesque busts showing comedic expressions in various ways, top: kemuri (smoke) (r), hamigaki (tooth-powder)(rc), kimotsubushi (great surprise (lc), kodomo-ayashi (unidentified)(l); bottom: joruri (unidentified)(r), mimikaki (ear pick)(rc), ohaguro (tooth-blacking) (lc), and ude-oshi (arm-wrestling). Date: circa 1836. Dimensions: Height: 25.90 centimetres Width: 38.20 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Kemuri, hamigaki… けむり,はみがき (Smoke, teeth cleaning…) (BM 2008,3037.11301)
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