Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu), Edo period (1615–1868), 1695, fourth month, Japan, Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, 8 1/4 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 in. (21 × 15.6 × 1 cm), Illustrated Books, Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694), Moronobu's version of the selected poems by one hundred famous poets, a collection first compiled in the early Kamakura period (1185–1333), pairs contemporary scenes with small background insets that evoke the poem as if it came from memory or from a view in the distance
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Portraits, Hundred Poems, Poets, Sugata-e hyakunin isshu, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1695, fourth month, Japan, Woodblock printed book, ink, paper, 8 1/4, 6 1/8, 3/8, 21, 15.6, 1 cm, Illustrated Books, Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese, died, 1694, Moronobu, version, selected poems, hundred famous poets, collection first, compiled, early Kamakura, period, 1185–1333, pairs contemporary, scenes, small background, insets, evoke, poem, if, came, memory, view, distance
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