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Spread Eleven from Volume Three 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 1976.150.3.k
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Location
Not on view
Print
Two cream-colored pages from a woodblock-printed book feature dense vertical columns of black calligraphic script. Loopy characters flow down the textured paper, punctuated by small red marks. Shorter lines cluster near the lower margin of the left page, while binding threads are visible along the right edge. The composition highlights a rhythmic, staggered arrangement of Japanese text, with the ink-penned words creating movement across the weathered surface.

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

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

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