Onoe Kikugorō in the role of Yaoya Oshichi and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as her lover the koshō (page) Kichisaburō, Okumura Masanobu

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Onoe Kikugorō in the role of Yaoya Oshichi and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as her lover the koshō (page) Kichisaburō, Edo period (1615–1868), 1750, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 16 x 11 1/4 in. ( x cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), The invention of color block printing by the mid-eighteenth century irrevocably transformed the vigorous early ukiyo-e style. The new technique, which used separate blocks for each color, placed greater attention on coordinating the component parts and emphasized the process of color overlays

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