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Spread Five from Volume One of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

狂歌やまと人物

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Book: 23.5 x 16.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kelvin Smith 1976.150.1.e
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Location
Not on view
Print
A woodblock-printed book spread features vertical Japanese calligraphy surrounding two scenes. On our right, an older bald man in a grid-patterned robe sits at a low red table, examining an open book near a tall cabinet of drawers. On our left, a figure in a patterned kimono dances with a folding fan raised beneath a bamboo branch. Fine black outlines define the figures, accented with blue, red, and yellow pigments.

Spread Five from Volume One of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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