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Tōsei fūzoku gojūban utaawase (A Poetry Contest on Contemporary Customs in Fifty Turns)


Asai Chū, Tōsei fūzoku gojūban utaawase (A Poetry Contest on Contemporary Customs in Fifty Turns), 1907, woodblock printed book, slight color; vols. 1 and 2 (complete) in cloth covered case, Museum Purchase: Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, public domain, 89.50a,b

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Title

Tōsei fūzoku gojūban utaawase (A Poetry Contest on Contemporary Customs in Fifty Turns)

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book title (translated): A Poetry Contest on Contemporary Customs in Fifty Turns

book title (transliterated): Tôsei tûzoku gojûban utaawase

catalog entry: Tôsei fûzoku gojûban utaawase (A Poetry Contest on Contemporary Customs in Fifty Turns)

original language: 当世風俗五十番歌合

Artist

Asai Chū (Japanese, 1856-1907)

Related People

author: Ikebe Tōen (Fujizono) (Japanese)

calligrapher: Nagai Sugaku (Japanese)

carver: Kimura Tokutarō (Japanese)

carver: Ōtsuka Yūsui (Japanese)

carver: Yoshida Rokuzaburō (Japanese)

printer: Matsui Sanjirô (Japanese)

publisher: Yoshikawa Hanshichi (Japanese, active ca. 1857-1900)

Date

1907

Period

Japan: Meiji period (1868-1912)

Medium

woodblock printed book, slight color; vols. 1 and 2 (complete) in cloth covered case

Dimensions (H x W x D)

each book: 9 13/16 in x 7 1/8 in x 7/16 in; case: 10 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

signature: Asai Mokugo

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

book

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

Museum Purchase: Margery Hoffman Smith Fund

Accession Number

89.50a,b

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Japanese woodblock prints

Meiji

relief printing

relief prints

woodcuts

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