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Spread Twenty 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.t
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Location
Not on view
Print
This woodblock-printed book spread features vertical columns of black-inked calligraphy across two cream pages. The loopy, cursive characters streak down the paper, tapering into smaller, spaced-out rows along the bottom. Warm-toned stains speckle the aged paper, which is bound on the far left by a thin blue strip. The fluid script fills the upper two-thirds of the spread with rhythmic, expressive strokes.

Spread Twenty 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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