Cleveland Museum of Art

People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

Utagawa HiroshigeLinkedCulture matchlcp-058622c2ea8f

Date: 1857
Medium: Set of seven woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 148697

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Seven blue book covers with dragonfly illustrations.

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This seven-volume set of illustrated books contains humorous poems about a variety of professions set around paired designs of people plying their trades.

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Credit line: Gift of Kelvin Smith
Provenance: ?–1976: Kelvin Smith [1899–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1976–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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