Ah! Such Interesting Faces

(Naru hodo omoshiro gao, 成程面白顔)

c. 1850

These are drawings for harimaze. In these harimaze, faces are compared to various objects. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these images and information.

	Dragonfly (tonbo, トンボ)
	Drum (taiko, たい 鼓)
	Paper lantern (chôchin, ちやうちん)
	Conch (horagai, ほら貝)
	Benten white snake
	Potato (??芋)
	Grasshopper (kirikirisu, きりきりす)

“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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