Title : Kemuri, hamigaki… けむり,はみがき (Smoke, teeth cleaning…) / Hyakushiki menso 百色面情 (One Hundred Shades of Facial Expressions)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1836 (c.)

Details : More information...

Source : British Museum
Browse all 9120 prints...

Description : 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).

Download Image