Collected Thirty-six Kyōka Poets (Kyōka roku roku shū 興歌六々集)
A Japanese woodblock print book from 1840 by Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), a collection of kyōka comic verse poems each paired with a double-page picture of seated figures in domestic and social settings. The pages show poems in columns of calligraphy framing the scenes, and the figures' poses, layered robes and patterned textiles offer a designer ideas for crowded, text-framed compositions.
