A Breezy Day, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1770, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 28 1/8 in. (71.4 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Prints, Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735–ca. 1790), The long hashira-e format is especially appropriate for prints about classical poetry for it recalls the shape of tanzaku, the slips of paper upon which poems were written. Koryūsai's print plays upon a poem by Bunya Yasuhide (act
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Breezy Day, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1770, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 28 1/8, 71.4 cm, W, 5, 12.7, Prints, Isoda Koryūsai, Japanese, 1735–ca., 1790, long, hashira-e, format, appropriate, prints, classical poetry, recalls, shape, tanzaku, slips, paper upon, poems, written, Koryūsai, print plays, upon, poem, Bunya Yasuhide, act
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