Collection of Kyōka Verse with Portraits of Poets in Famous Numerical Groupings (Kyōka meisū gazō shū 狂歌名数画像集) : [volume 1]

Yajima, Gogaku, active 19th century · 1830 · 12 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book of 1830, the first volume of a collection of kyōka comic verse by Yajima Gogaku, made for readers of poetry in Edo. Its double-page spreads show groups of seated poets in patterned kimono, each with a column of verse beside them. A designer could take from it the layered textile patterns, the dense calligraphic columns set against the figures, and the flat, tinted colour of the prints.

Kyōka · Poets, Japanese

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