Image: Elephant and a flying tengu
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Description: Ukiyoe print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. The poem (substituting hentaigana and adding punctuation) reads, 競れば､長し短し､むつかしや。我慢の鼻の､を(置)き所なし Kurabureba, nagashi mijikashi, mutsukashiya. Gamanno hanano, okidokoro nashi and means something like, "If you compete, long or short, it's a problem. With a boast-worthy? nose, there's no place to put it."
Title: Elephant and a flying tengu
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Author: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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