Catalog record · 目録番号 57104

Momo chidori kyoka-awase

百千鳥狂歌合

Artist / 作者: Kitagawa Utamaro喜多川歌麿
Date / 年代: 1790
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 537 px
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル

Catalog note / 解説

Illustrated book, folding album, colour woodblock print. 2 volumes. Poetry contest on theme of birds. Covers: Original, yellow, ?stencil-printed with darker yellow peonies. Title slips: Original, printed on yellow slips pasted in top left corner of covers. Contents: (vol. 1) 10 leaves: 1 double-page preface, 8 double-page illustrations of birds and flowers, 1 double page of advertisement and publisher's colophon; (vol. 2) 9 leaves: 1 double-page preface, 7 double-page illustrations of birds and flowers, 1 double page of advertisement and publisher's colophon (same as vol 1). Illustrations and makes of poets (Vol 1, each page described right to left): 1. Quail (uzura), Tsuburi Hikaru. Skylar…

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1790 (ca.) · bm

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