Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird Dhorka refers to the traditional

Dhorka refers to the traditional method of lost wax casting native the Dhokra Damar tribes of West Bengal

plus yellow wheels of two sizes and metal posts of a range of sizes for connecting them together

but tails number 3 and 4 remain pasted to it at bottom right and one could certainly make a few more to tails to play again

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Okijiro Hironari, School of Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1802 Japanese Woodblock of Kyogen Theatre Actor with Mask Andre Dimanche bird Dhorka refers to the traditionalThe prior owner of this one did well to tape a description on reverse, identifying it as the work of Okijiro Hironari, an artist among the circle that studied under ukiyo e master Katsushika Hokusa(1760 1849, and dating the woodblock to the very beginning of the 19th century. The portrait is of a Kyogen actor Kyogen a form of traditional Japanese comic theatre (a bit like commedia dell'arte) that developed alongside Noh theater and was performed as an