Six renditions of an older boy; the normal countenance is in the top oval, the remaining five distorted countenances are in the roundels. Colour woodcut by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1884.
- Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915.
- Date:
- 1884
- Reference:
- 37659i
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Description
The modelling of these faces shows the western influence on Kiyochika
Portraits lie against a light blue ground to suggest the image is reflected in a mirror, these are then set against a deep, dark ground on which the set title is printed in black
Publication/Creation
Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1884.
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, printed in colours
Contributors
Lettering
Kiyochika
Bears publisher's mark and set title
Artist's signature bears a seal
Notes
One person, six countenances
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37659i
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Location Status Access Closed stores