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- Museum number
- 1907,0531,0.596
- Title
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Object: Konro ni kibisho / Kanchi rori こんろにきびしょう / かんち露里 (Kettle on a portable stove / Upright pot with spout)
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Series: Sokkyo kageboshi zukushi 即興かげぼし尽し (All Kinds of Improvised Silhouettes)
- Description
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Colour-woodblock print. Man imitating the shape os a kettle on a stove, another the shape of a pot with a spout.
- Production date
- 1841 (circa)
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- Curator's comments
- Visitors to the pleasure quarters enjoyed many kinds of improvised entertainment, including games of visual punning (mitate). In this case two servants pose with objects so that their silhouettes resemble a kettle on a range and an upright pot. Part of the fun was the moment when the sliding doors were pulled back to reveal how the shadow was made. Objects related to food and drink were a favourite theme.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2012 Sep – 2013 Apr, BM G91, ‘Ritual and revelry: the art of drinking in Asia'
- Acquisition date
- 1907
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1907,0531,0.596
