komochi-e
3=Komochi-e or trick pictures are Japanese prints with movable printed paper flaps or other moveable parts. Multicolor komochi-e may be called 3=komochi nishiki-e. This komochi-e shows a single print with the flaps in different positions.
komochi-e
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · Lyon Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints · Public domain
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3=Komochi-e or trick pictures are Japanese prints with movable printed paper flaps or other moveable parts. Multicolor komochi-e may be called 3=komochi nishiki-e. This komochi-e shows a single print with the flaps in different positions.
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It is a scene from the kabuki play 3=Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki. The artist is Utagawa Kuniyoshi, the date is 1848, and it shows actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII in the role of the murderer Tamiya Iemon: • Illustration — Komochi-e of Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Tamiya Iemon by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848
Komochi-e is an omocha-e or art genre.
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- 1.Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005), Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, Amsterdam: Hotei, , Vol. 2, p. 462
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