Omocha-e
Omocha-e(Japanese:Món đồ chơi hội,"toy prints" ) is a genre of Japanese woodblock printsukiyo-ecreated as picture books and toys for children.[1]The genre was considered inferior to prints of kabuki actors (yakusha-e) or prints with beautiful women (bijin-ga).[2]
There were many types of Omocha-e, including paper dolls to be dressed (kisekae-e), matching-picture games (e-awase), board games (such assugoroku), dioramas to be cut out and assembled (tatebanko or kumitate-e), and encyclopedic compilations (monozukushi).[3]
- Omocha-e byUtagawa Yoshifuji
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Omocha-e with horses -
Omocha-e from the picture album "Sugoroku" -
Omocha-e with cats and women from the picture album "Sugoroku" -
New Patterns for Summer Costumes -
New Print of Hoko Float to Assemble -
Newly Published Comic Picture of Cats -
Cats in backstage at Kabuki theater
References
[edit]- ^"The World of Omocha-e: Opinion: Chuo Online".yab.yomiuri.co.jp.Retrieved20 August2023.
- ^Chen, Minjie (2 February 2018)."Before Pokémon and Yo-kai Watch: A Window onto One of the Earliest Unique Forms of Japanese Animé at the Cotsen Children's Library".Cotsen Children’s Library.Retrieved20 August2023.
- ^Tara M. McGowan (2013)."The Designs of Kawasaki Kyosen: Envisioning the Future of a Vanishing World through Toy Pictures (Omocha-e)".The Princeton University Library Chronicle.74(3): 320.doi:10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.74.3.0320.
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