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New Year's Performance
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New Year's Performance

Torii Kiyonaga · 1778 - 1782 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Flute player, with a bamboo stick on the end of his flute on which two swords balance crosswise; three women watch from behind a window. This kind of entertainment, daikagura, was popular during New Year.

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Credit lineNieuwjaarsoptreden. 1778 - 1782. Torii Kiyonaga. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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