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A Kyōka (Light Verse) Chorus of Birds (Kyōka momochidori 狂歌文茂智登理)

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 · 1857 · 49 pictures

A Kyōka Chorus of Birds is a Japanese illustrated book of light verse, made by Andō Hiroshige in 1857 for readers of kyōka poetry. Its pages pair woodblock figures of seated poets with columns of hand-brushed verse set inside ruled frames, each figure in a loose wash of blue, green or grey.

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