Myriad Birds:A Playful Poetry Contest (Momo chidori kyōka-awase), 2 vols., 『百千鳥狂歌合』, Edo period (1615–1868), 1790, Japan, Two volumes; woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Each: 10 × 7 1/2 × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 19.1 × 0.6 cm), Illustrated Books, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), Each of the double-page illustrations of this book depicts two avian species accompanied by a pair of playful love poems written in the “voice” of the respective bird. The poems are kyōka (literally, “mad verse”), or playful light verse written in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables respectively
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Myriad Birds, Playful, Poetry Contest, Momo chidori kyōka-awase, 2 vols., 『百千鳥狂歌合』, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1790, Japan, Two volumes, woodblock printed books, ink, color, paper, 10, 7 1/2, 1/4, 25.4, 19.1, 0.6 cm, Illustrated Books, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, double-page illustrations, book depicts two, avian, species, accompanied, pair, playful love, poems, written, voice, respective bird, kyōka, literally, mad verse light, verse, five lines, 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, respectively
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