Zhu Shouchang, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Woodblock print; ink on thin paper (some corrections have been pasted over the drawing), 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (34.9 x 21.6 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), The preparatory drawing for a print is usually pasted on a woodblock and cut along the lines of the drawing. This surviving preparatory drawing, which was apparently not used, is extremely rare. Kuniyoshi combined old-fashioned didacticism with an atmosphere of exoticism and novelty by exploring Western pictorial techniques and characterizations, about which the general public of his time had great curiosity
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Zhu Shouchang, Edo period, 1615–1868, 19th century, Japan, Woodblock print, ink, thin paper, corrections, pasted, drawing, 13 3/4 x 8 1/2, 34.9 21.6 cm, Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797–1861, preparatory, print, usually pasted, woodblock, cut, lines, surviving preparatory, apparently, extremely rare, Kuniyoshi combined, old-fashioned, didacticism, atmosphere, exoticism, novelty, exploring Western, pictorial, techniques, characterizations, general public, time, great curiosity
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