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Myriad Birds: Picture Book of Playful Verse (Momo chidori kyōka-awase)

1791
Not on view

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Object Information
  • 喜多川歌麿画 『百千鳥狂歌合』
  • Ehon Momochidori Kyōka-awase
  • Title: Myriad Birds: Picture Book of Playful Verse (Momo chidori kyōka-awase)
  • Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1791
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock printed book (vols. 1 and 2); ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Overall: 10 x 14 7/8 x (25.4 x 37.8 cm); L. (open) 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm)
  • Classification: Illustrated Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: JIB43
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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