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Comic Music (Manzaigaku), from the series (?) Large Dolls (Ô-ningyô no uchi)

(Japanese, 1828–1888)
1856 (Ansei 3), 5th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 23.2 x 34.9 cm (9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Porter Sargent
Accession number49.1294
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ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.
Acrobat Hayatake Torakichi from Osaka
Utagawa Yoshiharu
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month