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The Mirror Polisher.
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The Mirror Polisher.

Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1800 - c. 1805 · color woodcut; paper

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

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Two women with hand puppets, one puppet with a headscarf and one bald samurai. This print depicts the comic intermezzo performed at the puppet play (jôruri). The poems are cut from this print.

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Credit lineDe spiegelpolijster. c. 1800 - c. 1805. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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