

Collection of Kyōka Verse with Portraits of Poets in Famous Numerical Groupings (Kyōka meisū gazō shū) 狂歌名数画像集
A book open to a double-page spread featuring an illustration. The book's pages are yellowed. The illustration depicts three people in traditional Japanese clothing seated on the floor on patterned red mats. The person on the left wears a black head covering, a robe with a red chest and black edges, and a skirt with black and white stripes. The person in the middle sits on a higher elevation than the others, wearing a robe with a pink and brown botanical pattern and a black and red lining. The person on the right wears a blue robe with a brown botanical pattern and a red lining. The people are sitting in a semi-circle, the two on the right holding a fan. There are Japanese characters written in black ink on both pages. The background of the pages is yellow with a thin black border. The book lies on a white surface.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1830
- Medium
- Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 400 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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