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Bid 125.00
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09/27 17:36 EDT

A Woodblock Print by Shun’ei 19th Century - Meiji
September 2015 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a print of what appears to be a scene from a Kabuki play – I base that on the fact that the palanquin bearer has his eyes crossed in the classic pose (mei) used in Kabuki (for an explanation of “mei” see the ending paragraph). The print portrays a high-ranking woman looking down in anger at a seated palanquin bearer who appears to have made some kind of mistake or dropped his corner of the palanquin...
Bid 175.00
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03/26 11:56 EDT