PrintsJapanese18th century

Poems by Fifty Poets: The Satirical Poems of the Eastern Melodies Newly Engraved in the Temmei Era (Temmei shinsen gojūnin isshu azumaburi kyōka bunko)

Mid Edo period, dated 1786 (1st Month of the 6th Year of the Temmei Era)

Artists

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book in a [worn] beige paper cover; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

closed book: H. 26.6 x W. 18.1 x D. 1.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 7/16 in.)

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