| Maker(s): | Kitagawa Utamaro I
| | Culture: | Japanese (1753-1806)
| | Title: | Postface with 14 Kyoka Verse by 14 Poets, from the illustrated book Shiohi no Tsuto [Gifts from the Ebb Tide]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1790
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 3/8 in; 23.8 x 36.5 cm; Plate: 8 7/8 x 14 3/16 in; 22.5 x 36 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kitagawa Utamaro ga]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Toto Shoshi / O Edo Tori Abura Cho Minami gawa / Koshodo Hakko]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.426.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A double page of Japanese Kyoka calligraphy: postface from the one-volume illustrated book Shiohi no Tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide) with the artist's and publisher's names and 14 Kyoka verses by 14 poets (from right to left: Shikatsube Magao, Zeniya Kanemuchi, Oya Urazumi, Sakazuki Komendo, Tonya Sakabune, Harakara-no-Akindo, Ichifuji Nitaka, Kubo Shunman, Tahara (?), Ichi Meshimori, Karaginn Kisshu, Midara (?)).
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