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This stencil combines the character nin with images of hats to form a rebus for shinobi-gasa, a face-concealing hat worn by visitors to the pleasure quarters.
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Title: Stencil
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Paper
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 16 in. (24.1 x 40.6 cm)
Other (of pattern area): 6 x 14 1/8 in. (15.2 x 35.9 cm)
Classification: Stencils
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.14.46
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