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Subject:What are they doing on this image ?
Posted By: Stephane Jardonnet Sat, Sep 18, 2021 IP: 2600:1700:4394:5000: What are they doing on this print from Hokusai from the 100 Fashionable Comic Verses series ? |
Subject:Re: What are they doing on this image ?
Posted By: Marc S Kahn Sat, Sep 18, 2021 That's an abacus between them. This looks to me like a negotiation. The person on the left has just made some kind of an offer, and used the abacus calculator to justify that offer. The offer is being laughed off by the person on the right. I think it's early in the negotiation. Eventually, they'll come to terms somewhere in the middle. |
Subject:Re: What are they doing on this image ?
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Sep 18, 2021 My assumptions about the situation, |
Subject:Re: What are they doing on this image ?
Posted By: Stephane Jardonnet Mon, Sep 20, 2021 Thank you for the information |
Subject:Re: What are they doing on this image ?
Posted By: Steve Gridley Mon, Sep 20, 2021 My opinion: Since I see no item to be negotiated, I think another option would be teacher and student. I can remember looks like that in school, especially if students made fun of the teacher. |
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