Title : print / polyptych print

Artist : Kitagawa Utamaro

Date : 1797-1799 (circa)

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock polyptych print. Five sheets. House-cleaning in samurai mansion in preparation for New Year holidays: Women wearing cotton robes over their kimono; on second sheet from left young manservant in process of being given bumps; on second sheet from right women coaxing young retainer to let them do bumps to him; on far-right sheet older samurai being dropped on floor after his turn.

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