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411 - Blind men's phallic contest - 2
Kyosai
DATE ca. 1850
AUTHOR Kyosai Shofu (1831-1889) - Japan
MEDIA Painted handscroll
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION Unknown
NOTES This ironic scroll depicts a windbreaking and a phallic contest between two groups of courtiers in the Kyoto Imperial Court. This scene depicts the "athletes", with their trainers and the sponsors, in their den before the measuring event.

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