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Spread Thirteen 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.m
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented woodblock-printed book features two distinct pages bisected by a thin cord. Dense columns of black ink calligraphy are brushed onto the cream-colored paper, their strokes splaying across the matte surface like frenetic strands. Below, shorter characters sit in a sparse row. The paper, peppered with warm-toned spots, preserves a structured frenzy of script flowing right to left, thinning into delicate grayed remnants at the margins.

Spread Thirteen 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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