絵兄弟, A Woman Dressing a Girl for a Kabuki Dance (E-kyodai), Edo period (1615–1868), 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), The Ukiyo-e artist inserted a small picture within his composition to thrust one scenic idea into the heart of another and thereby generate a compelling dialogue between the two. Until the third quarter of the eighteenth century, the picture within a picture was formulated according to a literal representation of real objects, such as a folding fan, an uchiwa fan, a hanging scroll, or a mural
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絵兄弟, Woman Dressing, Girl, Kabuki Dance, E-kyodai, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 15 1/4, 38.7 cm, W, 10 1/8, 25.7, Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, Ukiyo-e, artist, inserted, small picture, within, composition, thrust, scenic idea, heart, another, thereby generate, compelling dialogue, two, third quarter, eighteenth century, picture within, picture, formulated according, literal representation, real objects, folding fan, uchiwa hanging scroll, mural
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