National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 108, April 1999
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[][] Shiohi no Tsuto [][]
| Author | Painted by Kitagawa Utamaro (?-1806), edited by Akera Kanko (1738-98), |
| Publisher | Tsutaya Juzaburo |
| Imprint | ca.1789 |
| description | Album, 27.4 x 19.4‡p |
| Contents | A colored picture book of Kyoka (satirical poems).
The title Shiohi no Tsuto means souvenir of shell gathering. Thirty-eight kyoka poets, led by Akera Kanko, composed kyoka on 36 kinds of shellfish and on the two genre pictures of beautiful women. This is a rich and luxurious book, and represents the highest-level technic of the time. |
Here are all twelve leaves of "Shiohi no Tsuto". Click on the little images below to go to the large images.
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| Title page | Preface | A genre picture. 1b, 2a. |
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| 2b, 3a, | 3b, 4a, | 4b, 5a, |
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| 5b, 6a, | 6b, 7a, | 7b, 8a, |
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| A genre picture. 8b, 9a. | Afterword and colophon | Back cover |
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