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1863

Pygmy Island

Utagawa Yoshikazu

Japanese, active c. 1850-70

The text on this print describes the three pygmies in the image: Nintoku, age forty-five, his wife Nojo, age thirty-eight, and their son Settoku, age five. Supposedly their handprints are shown "full size."

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Utagawa Yoshikazu, Pygmy Island, 1863 | Philadelphia Museum of Art