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Spread Two from Volume Five 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 1976.150.5.b
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Location
Not on view
Print
A woodblock-printed book spread depicts two scenes beneath dense vertical calligraphy. On the right, a man in a geometric patterned robe helps someone into a black kimono with a large blue obi, beside a small chest. On the left, a kneeling woman looks toward a figure lying prone in an ornate robe decorated with white cranes and green pines. The figures have light skin tones against the aged, cream-colored paper.

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

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

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