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A horizontally oriented woodblock-printed book spread depicts a woman and a man among columns of Japanese calligraphy. On the left, a woman in a floral gray kimono sits on the floor, holding a cup. On the right, a man in a blue and black checkered kimono balances horizontally atop a tall ladder. Red and yellow furniture appear in the background. Figures have black hair and light skin tones against beige paper.

Spread Six from Volume Two of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Book: 23.5 x 16.7 cm (9 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Gift of Kelvin Smith 1976.150.2.f
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1976
    Kelvin Smith [1899–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1976–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1976.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (February 1977): 39–78. Mentioned: cat. no. 135, p. 78 www.jstor.org
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977: Year in Review 1976.
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