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A Practical Joke by Torii Kiyonaga — VisualArtsDB

A Practical Joke

A Practical Joke

1772–1792

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 9 9/16in. (35.9 x 24.3cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hige no Ikyu, Nakamura Riko as Agemaki, and Ichikawa Ebizo as Agemaki's attendant in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura" at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1784

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Torii Kiyonaga, 1779