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148697
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People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)
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148697
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title
People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)
date
1857
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79929071
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50381
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Bound Volume
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Book: 23.5 x 16.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1976.15
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Set of seven woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
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People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka) (狂歌やまと人物), 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Set of seven woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper; book: 23.5 x 16.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Kelvin Smith, 1976.150
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狂歌やまと人物
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
This seven-volume set of illustrated books contains humorous poems about a variety of professions set around paired designs of people plying their trades.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1976.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 64, no. 2 (February 1977): 39–78.
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Mentioned: cat. no. 135, p. 78
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Gift of Kelvin Smith
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2026-05-29 07:38:09.111000
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148697
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Set of seven woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
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