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Seniors' Farting Contest from Sketch Album

mid- to late 1800s

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋 暁斎

(Japanese, 1831–1889)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium
Accordion-style book of 26 double-leaves; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Album, closed: 28 x 18 cm (11 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Given by Anne and Anthony d'Offay in honor of Evan Turner 1991.125.j
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented ink drawing depicts four figures with light skin tones across two aged pages. Furthest left, a figure crouches over another lying face down. Next, a third figure leaps upward with their back turned. Finally, a fourth figure flies horizontally above them with arms outstretched. The sketch utilizes loose gray brushstrokes on off-white paper to capture fluid movement and expressive poses rather than fine anatomical detail.

Seniors' Farting Contest from Sketch Album

mid- to late 1800s

Kawanabe Kyōsai

(Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)

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