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[Portly man walking with arms outstretched] – Vintage Print

[Portly man walking with arms outstretched], [ca. 183-] — historic print
[Portly man walking with arms outstretched], [ca. 183-]. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A single page from *Kotowaza heso no yadogae*, a ten-volume illustrated book of Japanese sayings published in Ōsaka by the firm of Wataya Kihē, shows a heavyset man striding along with his arms flung wide. The library's catalog dates the print to about the 1830s, and the book's playful title suggests the images were meant to illustrate proverbs with humor. Ōsaka publishers like Wataya produced many such comic books, which offer a lively counterpart to the actor and beauty prints more often associated with Edo. This page was included in the Library of Congress's 2001 exhibition on *ukiyo-e*.

Created / published[ca. 183-]
Medium1 print : woodcut, color.
Genreorganized by the Library of Congress, 2001.
SubjectsPage in: Kotowaza heso no yadogae. 10-hen. Ōsaka : Wataya Kihē han, [18--?]. Title devised by Library staff. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 92. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,559 × 3,616 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222100

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