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Spread Two from Volume Two 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 1976.150.2.b
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented woodblock print on tan paper depicts three figures across two book pages. On our left, two women with light skin tones wear patterned kimonos; one stands holding a tray while the other sits. On our right, a man with light skin tone in a teal kimono sits near a quiver of arrows, poised with a brush over a fan. Columns of calligraphic script texture the composition within black borders.

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

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

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